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BANOEOFT'S 


SECOND  READER. 


BY 
CHAS.  H.  ALLEN, 

Principal  California  State  Normal  Scliool. 

JOHN  8WETT, 

Principal  Girls'  High  and  Normal  Scliool,  San  Francisco; 
Ex-State  Sup't  of  Public  Instruction,  California. 

JOSIAH  ROYCE,  Ph.  D. 

Instructor  in  Philosophy  in  Harvard  CoUego. 


SAN  FRANCISCO: 

A.  L.  BANCROFT  &  COMPANY. 


Copyright  by 

A.    L.   BANCROFT   &   COMPANY 

1883. 


SECOND  READER.  Ul 


A  FEW  WORDS   TO   THE   TEACHER. 

In  preparing  this  book  to  succeed  the  first  book  of 
the  series,  the  authors  have  had  in  mind  a  certain  stand- 
ard of  proficiency  to  be  attained  by  the  pupil  before 
his  promotion  to  this  Reader.  To  secure  the  best  work, 
the  standard  which  is  here  briefly  outlined,  must  have 
been  reached. 

1.  The  pupil  should  be  able  to  pronounce  readily,  at 
sight,  all  words  used  in  the  First  Reader. 

2.  To  read  easily  and  naturally  the  simple  stories  in 
Part  II  of  that  Reader. 

3.  To  spell  by  sounds  all  words  given  in  the  phonic 
exercises  of  the  First  Reader,  and  any  similar  words 
given  by  the  teacher. 

4.  To  spell  by  letter — not  all,  but  aU  the  more  com- 
mon words  used  in  the  preceding  Reader. 

Pronouncing  Exercises.— The  more  difficult  words 
are  printed,  with  diacritical  marks,  at  the  beginning  of 
each  lesson,  and,  as  in  the  First  Reader,  should  be  care- 
fully pronounced  before  the  reading  lesson  is  studied. 

Phonic  Spelling.— This  exercise  is  systematically  con- 
tinued, and  in  this  book  no  pains  should  be  spared  to 
train  the  voice  so  as  to  secure  pleasant  tones,  fuU  enun- 
ciation, and  distinct  articulation.  This  is,  indeed,  the 
proper  time  to  secure  the  best  results  from  vocal  exer- 
cises. Be  careful  to  see  that  the  "school  tone,"  so  often 
found  among  pupils  of  this  grade,  is  avoided. 

Script  Work  and  Language  Lessons.— A  Reader  is 
not  the  book  from  which  to  teach  penmanship  or  gram- 
mar, but  writing  and  language  exercises  should  be  made 
to  assist  in  the  comprehension  of  the  reading,  and  in 
adding  interest  to  it. 


IV  SECOND   READEK. 

The  script  exercises  in  this  book  will  give  abundant 
practice  in  copying,  and  if  the  teacher  mil  always 
demand  the  best  the  pupil  can  do,  excellent  results  will 
follow. 

The  Language  Lessons  will  familiarize  the  pupil  with 
the  use  of  words,  increase  his  vocabidary,  enable  him 
to  construct  easily,  simple  sentences,  and  may  be  so 
taught  as  to  be  intensely  interesting.  These  lessons 
have  been  carefully  graded,  and,  in  each  case,  are 
meant  to  be  rather  suggestive  than  exhaustive. 

Supplementary  Reading —The  teacher  should  secure 
as  much  supplementary  reading  as  possible.  In  this 
grade,  no  difficulty  will  be  found  in  getting  suitable 
books.  A  pupil  rarely  reads  well  who  has  read  from 
his  school  reader  only. 

Model  Questions— To  some  of  the  lessons  model 
questions  have  been  appended.  These  are  designed  to 
be  suggestive  of  questions  to  be  asked  on  other  lessons. 
They  should  not,  generally,  be  such  as  require  only 
verbal  memory,  but  such  as  call  for  thoughtful  study, 
compeUing  the  pupil  to  observe  and  compare,  to  reflect 
and  judge.  In  all  cases,  to  secure  proper  study,  they 
should  be  asked  before  the  lesson  is  read  in  the  class. 

Spelling.— Pronouncing  exercises  are  not  always  the 
best  spelling  lessons.  To  most  of  the  reading  lessons, 
therefore,  groups  of  words  selected  for  spelling  are 
specially  added.  From  the  "Pronouncing  Exercises" 
such  words  only  are  taken  as  are  most  desirable  for 
the  purpose. 

Conclusion.— As  the  end  to  be  secured  is  good  read^ 
ing,  the  pupil  should  be  trained  to  read  each  lesson 
tvelL  Let  the  standard  be  such  reading  as  would  be 
acceptable  around  the  fireside,  at  home. 


CONTTKNTS. 


• 

1. 

Learning  to  Spin  a  Top         .... 

7 

2, 

Lily  and  Her  Pet  Lamb        .... 

10 

3. 

Tlie  Little  Hay-maker            .... 

« 

12 

4. 

Learning  to  Walk  on  Stilts 

15 

5. 

Bees 

. 

17 

6. 

Out  for  a  Drive 

. 

19 

7. 

A  Race  on  the  Sands 

. 

22 

8. 

What  Does  Little  Birdie  Say?      . 

Tennyson 

24 

9. 

How  Blue-eyes  Sold  her  Doll 

26 

10. 

Count  Ten        

29 

11. 

Blue-bird,  Bonny  Bird            E. 

H.  Miller 

31 

12. 

Keep  Trying 

32 

13. 

Puss  in  the  Garden 

34 

14. 

How  a  Butterfly  Came           .... 

37 

15. 

The  Clucking  Hen          .       " . 

39 

16. 

Paul  at  the  Piano 

42 

17. 

The  Quarrelsome  Kittens       .... 

44 

18. 

Playing  Horse 

47 

19. 

One  Thing  at  a  Time )/. 

A.  Stvdart 

49 

20. 

Blowing  Soap -Bubbles            .... 

51 

21. 

Frank's  Dog  Story 

53 

22. 

A  Flower  for  Mother 

55 

23. 

Making  a  Racket            

58 

24. 

Flying  Squirrels 

61 

25. 

The  Stork  and  the  Snake     .... 

64 

26. 

How  Pete  Got  a  Lesson        .... 

66 

27. 

Two  Men  on  the  Ice      .         ;        .        .         . 

69 

28. 

What  the  Boys  Would  Be     . 

71 

29. 

The  Little  Orphans 

74 

30. 

Mrs.  Daisy  and  Dr.  Don        .... 

76 

James's  Letter  to  his  Mother. — Script 

80 

31. 

The  Wise  Old  Horse 

81 

32. 

The  Humming-bird  and  the  Butterfly 

84 

33. 

The  Caterpillar 

85 

VI  SECOND   KEADEE. 

34.  The  Brown  Bear 87 

35.  Spring 90 

36.  '^I  Am  Old,  Now" 91 

37.  Fre^ng 95 

38.  Partnership Margaret  Vandegrift  96 

39.  Words  that  Deceive 98 

40.  Twinkle,  Twinkle,  Little  Star 100 

41.  How  Roy  Went  A-Fishing 102 

42.  Never  Loiter 106 

43.  Willie's  Carrier-Pigeon 108 

44.  The  Little  Home  School        .......  112 

45.  Speak  Gently 113 

46.  Willie  and  Henry .         .114 

47.  The  Child  and  the  Swallow  .        .        .         .         .        .117 

48.  Who  Stole  the  Bird's-Nest?           .         .        X.  Maria  Child  119 

49.  The  Eagle  that  Made  a  Mistake 124 

50.  The  Drink  for  You         .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .126 

51.  Ships  and  Boats 127 

52.  The  Harvest  Mouse        .        .    ■ 131 

53.  The  Brave  Little  Hollander  .        .         .        .        .        .133 

54.  The  Little  Snow  Shoveler     .        .        .         Mary  D.  Brine  ^36 

55.  The  Robin's  Visit 138 

56.  Seven  Times  One Jean  Ingelow  141 

The  Mother's  Reply  to  James. — Script        ....  143 

57.  The  Spider 144 

58.  Harold's  Squirrel 147 

59.  The  Old  Kitchen  Clock          .        .         Aunt  Effie's  Rhymes  150 

60.  "A  Merry  Christmas,  Grandpa" 152 

61.  The  Boy's  Triumph 155 

62.  The  Child's  World          ....       Lillijmt  Lectures  158 

63.  Reviews  and  Supplementary  Reading          ....  159 

Table  op  Elementary  Sounds 160 


1. 

LEARNING- 

TO 

SPIN   A 

TOP. 

PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

learned 

struck 

liieir 

€Ould 

stopped 

ground 

quite 

game 

laughed 

smooiii 

warm 

strings 

The  questions  at  the  end  of  this  lesson^  and  all  questions 
upon  any  reading  lesson,  should  he  asJced  after  the  lesson 
has  been  studied,  and  before  it  is  read  in  the  class. 

1.  ''Come,  boys/'  said  Ned,  "let  us  have 
a  game  of  top.    Jt  is  a  fine,  warm  day." 

2.  So  the  boys  took  their  tops  and 
strings  and  went  out  to  a  smooth,  hard 
place,  and  made  a  ring  with  chalk. 

3.  Ned    could    do    best,    for    he    had 


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learned    to    spin    a    top    when    quite    a 
small  boy:    so  "he  threw  firit. 

4.  How  his  top  did  hum  when  it  struck 
the  ground!  He  picked  it  up  in  his 
hand  and  threw  it  down  two  or  three 
times,  but  at  last  it  stopped. 

5.  George  tried  next.  He  was  not  so 
old  as  Ned,  and  did  not  know  how  to 
make  his  top  spin  well.  The  first  time 
it  spun  on  its  head,  and  the  boys  laughed 
at  him. 

6.  The  next  time  he  tried,  it  went  all 
right,  and  he  was  glad.  '^See  it  spin 
now/'  he  cried. 

7.  James  now  tried  it,  but  his  top  did 
not  spin  at  all.  It  rolled  off  on  the 
ground  out  of  the  ring.  He  tried  two 
or  three  times,  and  at  last  it  went  quite 
well. 

8.  In  a  short  time,  the  two  boys  learned 
to  throw  a  top  as  well  as  Ned  could, 
and  their  tops  would  hum  too. 

9.  If  they  will  try  as  hard  to  learn 
to  read  as  they  try  to  learn  their  games, 
they  will  soon  be  the  best  in  their  class. 


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10.  All  boys  should  have  some  fun, 
but  I  hope  you  will  all  try  to  learn, 
too,  Avhile  you  are  young.  If  you  do, 
you  will  some  day  be  glad  of  it. 

Questions.  1.  How  many  boys  are  mentioned  in 
this  piece?  2.  Which  do  you  think  is  the  oldest?  3. 
Why  do  yon  think  so?  4.  What  kind  of  a  day  was 
it?    5.   Where  did  the  boys  go? 

Aiisiver  these  questions  orally  in  complete  sentences, 
thus:     Three  boys  are  mentioned  in  this  piece. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
their,  chalk,  stopped,  tried,  should,  smooth,  learned, 
laughed,  cried,  could. 

Before  spdUng,  it  will  he  a  good  plan  in  each  case,  to 
require  pupils  to  write  the  tvords  and  mark  the  accented 
syllables. 


I.      CONCERT  PHONIC   BRILL. 

The  teacher  will  spell  the  words  of  these  lessons 

by  sound,  and  require  the  class  to  repeat 

the  phonic 

spelling  in  concert.     To  show  the  sound  of  long  a  it 

is  marked  by  a  macron,  thus — a. 

a-le  -           ai-m              d-ay 

n-a-me 

a-te '           ai-d               m-ay  ^ 

p-a-ge 

a-ge-           p-ai-1             n-ay 

m-a-ne 

Slate  Work.  After  the  phonic  spelling,  let  pupils 
copy  the  above  table  with  the  vowel  markings.  Require 
all  similar  lessons  in  Concert  Phonic  Drill  to  be  copied 
in  the  same  way. 


10 


SECOND    READER. 


2.     LILLY  AND   HER   PET   LAMB. 

The  pupilj  before  he  studies  the  reading  lesson,  should 
pronounce  as  many  of  these  words   as  possible,  unaided 

by  the  teacher. 

PBONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

inis'tress  foWow         knew-         larg'er 

wherev'er         pi^t'ure  -      field  reached 

for  got'ten  -      mo'inent        Dai'^y  -      mofii'er 

1.  Lilly  has  a  pet  lamb  that  is  all  her 
own,  for  her  father  gave  it  to  her. 

2.  She  is  very  kind  to  it;    and  wher- 


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ever  she  goes,  the  lamb  is  sure  to  follow 
her. 

3.  She  has  named  it  Daisy;  and  when- 
ever she  calls  ''Daisy,"  the  lamb  runs 
to  her, 

4.  Lilly  had  once  been  away  from 
home  for  some  weeks,  with  her  mother. 

5.  While  she  was  away,  Daisy  was 
put  into  a  field  to  feed  with  some  other 
lambs.     ^ 

6.  When  Lilly  went  home,  almost  the 
first  thing  she  did  was  to  run  to  the 
field  to  see  if  the  lamb  knew  her. 

7.  ''Daisy!  Daisy!"  cried  the  little 
girl;  and  in  a  moment  the  lamb  began 
to  jump  and  to    run  to  her. 

8.  It  had  grown  much  larger  while 
Lilly  was  away;  but  it  had  not  forgotten 
its  little  mistress. 

9.  It  soon  reached  Lilly,  and  she  put 
her  arms  around  its  neck,  as  you  see 
in  the  picture. 

Words  for  Spelling.  Dictate  from  the  lesson : 
Lilly,  lamb,  own,  very,  grown,  sure,  once,  forgotten, 
field,  almost. 


12 


SECOND  EEADEK. 


3.     THE   LITTLE    HAY-MAKER. 
PRONOUNCING    EXEliCISE. 


bot'tom- 

^at'tle 

piege 

bu§y 

big'gest- 

spread 

bright 

drie§ 

sum'mer- 

armost 

-elo§ed 

game§ 

hon  day 

rak'ing 

kiiow§ 

tise'ful 

1.  I  am  a  little  hay-maker. 
My  name  is  Jane.     I   am 
busy   raking    hay. 

2.  How    hard 
I  work!  Look 
at  the  heap 
I  have  by 
my  side. 
It   is    al- 
most   as 
big    as    T 
am. 

3.  My 
father  of- 
ten takes 
me  with 
him  to  the 
hay-field; 


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for  he  knows  that  I  am  fond  of  playing 
in  the  hay. 

4.  The  school  is  closed  now,  and  we 
have  a  holiday  during  the  long,  bright 
summer  days.  ^ 

o.  How  hot  the  sun  is,  and  how  brown 
it  will  make  my  face! 

().  When  I  am  tired,  T  shall  go  into 
the  field  and  sit  down  under  a  tree; 
and  father  will  give  me  a  piece  of  bread 
and  some  nice  sweet  milk.  ^ 

7.  What  fun  we  shall  have  when  the 
hay  is  all  made,  and  the  hay-makers 
have  gone  to  the  next  field!  <_ 

8.  We  can  have  games  among  the  hay, 
tossing  it  about,  and  playing  at  hide- 
and-seek   behind  the  biggest  heaps.    ^^ 

9.  Some  boys  and  girls,  who  live  in 
towns,  have  never  seen  a  hay-field.  Do 
you  know  what  hay  is,  and  for  what  it 
is  used?     I  will  tell  you. 

10.  The  grass  in  the  fields  grows  very 
high.  Then  it  is  cut  down  and  spread 
out  on  the  ground. 

11.  The  hot  sun  dries  the  grass;   then 


14  SECOND    KEADEE. 

the  hav-makers  turn  it  over  and  over; 
and  when  it  is  dried,  it  is  called  hay. 
12.  Hay  is  used  as  food  for  horses, 
cattle,  and  sheep.  It  is  useful  in  Avinter 
when  there  is  not  much  grass  in  the 
fields  for  the  cows  and  the  sheep  to 
eat.  y 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  tlie  lesson: 
little,  busy,  heap,  often,  face,  tired,  piece,  bread,  eat, 
biggest,  used,  dried,  grows,  called. 

Slate  Work.  Pupils  may  select,  and  wi-ite  in  sepa- 
rate columns,  all  words  having  the  sound  of  e  as  in 
me,  and  of  e  as  in  when. 

By  reading  the  lesson  carefulhj,  you  xvill  he  ahle  to  write 
these  sent&nceSj  and  j^ut  the  i^roper  ivords  in  the  hJanJc 
spaces. 


/.    ^J-tZtf^_ yCd  yO^. 


'1^2^?^ 


3.  C^y^^i^  Ju7€l__  yC^U^  /^A^ 


2^^^/ 


ya<^t^  /^A^e<^^  /Ut^^  .^€>€^^  y€^^ 


SECOND  EEADEH. 


15 


4.     LEARNING   TO   WALK   ON    STILTS. 


FRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

blocks  —       a  gainst'   "        armg  ^         straight 
Ben'nie  ^^    thinks  —  bam  -.         George 


1.  Little  Bennie  has  seen  his  brother 
George  walk  on  stilts,  and. thinks  he  can 
learn  to  walk  on  them  too. 

2.    See,    he   has   found 
the  stilts,   and    is   try- 
ing to  get  upon  them. 
He    has    leaned    them 
up   against  the  house, 
with  his  arms  around 
them,    and   his   feet 
against  the  blocks.  , 
3.    Do  you  think  he 
fs^l^    will  get  upon 
them  m   this 


way 


He  looks  a 


little  as   if  he  were   afraid   of  getting   a 
fall. 

4.   He  does  not  know  how  to  get  them 
up  straight  so  as  to  walk.    If  the  bottom 


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of  the    stilts    should    slip    out,   down    he 
would  go,  and  tear  his  clothes.,^ 

5.  I  think  he  will  have  to  wait  until 
George  comes  and  helps  him.  George 
would  tell  him  to  set  the  bottom  of  the 
stilts  nearer  the  wall,  so  as  to  push 
them  up  straight  with  his  back. 

6.  He  Avill  have  to  look  out  not  to 
fall  over  in  front  and  bump  his  head,  j 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson : 
walk,  too,  trying,  against,  getting,  straight,  would, 
tear,  nearer,  clothes. 

Slate  Work.  Copy  the  first  paragraph  on  slates. 
Exchange  slates,  compare  with  the  book^  and  correct 
errors  in  spelling,  pnnctuation,  and  capitals.   ^- 


11 

.      CONCERT 

PHONIC  DRILL. 

Sec  directions  on  imge  9. 

1 

The   sound 

of    Italian 

a  is   marked 

>)Y   two   dots 

over  it,  thus — a. 

1 

a-r-m 

h-a-lf 

b-a-tli 

f-a-r-ni 

a-r-t 

<i-a-lf 

p-a-th 

b-a-r-n 

a-re 

1-au-gh 

h-au-n-t 

h-ea-r-t 

h-a-r-ni 

a-lm-§ 

au-n-t 

■e-a-r-t 

p-a-r-t 

^-a-lm 

d-au-n-t 

h-ea-r-th 

Word  Game.     Let  pupils  name  all  the  additional  words 
they  can  think  of,  having  the  sound  of  a. 


SECOND    HEADER. 


17 


haste 
hon'ey 


5.     BEES. 
I'RONO  UKCIXa   EXERCISE. 

liive§  3^119© 

min'ute  thrtists 


spring 
tongue 


1.  Look  at  that  bee  on  the  flower. 
See  how  it  shakes  its  wings^  and  works 
its  little  feetT\  Ah !  it  is  off  to  another 
flower. 


18  SECOND    READER. 

2.  Now  it  is  ofif  to  another!  How 
busy  it  is !  It  does  not  rest  a  minute 
in  one  place.  It  seems  to  have  a  great 
deal  of  work  to   do. 

3.  Now  let  us  go  to  the  other  end 
of  the  garden.      ^-^ 

4.  Do  you  see  those  little  houses,  with 
no  windows,  and  only  a  very  small  door  ? 

5.  They  are  the  houses  in  which  the 
bees   live,    and    are    called    hives. 

6.  A  great  many  bees  live  in  each 
hive.     See  how  many  are  going  in ! 

7.  AVhen  spring  comes,  and  the  flowers 
begin  to  bloom,  the  bees  come  out  of 
the  hives  and  fly  away  to  gather  the 
SAveet  juice  out  of  the  flowers. 

8.  The  bee  has  a  long  tongue,  which 
it  thrusts  into  the  flower,  to  suck  up 
the  juice.  Then  it  carries  the  juice  to 
the  hive,   and  makes  it  into  honey.  ^^^ 

Questions.  1.  What  do  bees  make!  2.  Where  do  they 
get  the  honey!  3.  What  are  the  little  houses  in  which 
bees   live    called!     4.    How    many   wings    has    a   bee? 

5.  What  else  has  it  that  you  are  sometimes  afraid  of? 

6.  Do  all  bees  make  honey? 

ITVi^e  ihe  answers  to  these  questions  in  a  little  story. 


SECOND    HEADER. 


19 


Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
flower,  works,  ofl",  another,  one,  minute,  deal,  those, 
only,  they,  many,  does,  gather,  juice,  tongue,  which, 
carries,  honey. 


6.     OUT    FOKi  A   DRIVE. 
PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

Spot  drive  speaks         be  hind' 

Al'ige       wag'on      €6m'ing       plea§'ant 
shakes      fright        pleaded        wheel'bar  rOwv 

1.    Mary  and  Alice  are  playing  in  the 


20  SECOND    HEADER. 

garden.      They    have    got    into    the    big 
wheelbarrow.     How  happy  they  look! 

2.  Mary  says,  ''Let  us  play  at  going 
for  a  drive."  They  have  puss  and  their 
two   dolls  with  them. 

3.  When  they  were  nicely  seated,  and 
Mary  was  saying  that  she  would  drive, 
their  little  dog  came  running  up  to  them. 
He  began  to  bark  as  soon  as  he  saw 
that  they  did   not  ask  him  to  jump   in 

4.  Do  you  see  how  puss  looks  at  the 
dog  ?  She  is  afraid  of  him,  and  seems 
to  say:  ''Be  off,  sir;  there  is  no  room 
for  you  here." 

5.  Spot — for  that  is  the  name  of  the 
dog — is  not  quite  pleased.  He  says, 
^'Bow!  wow!  wow!"  and  he  wants  to  get 
in  too. 

6.  Mary  shakes  her  head  and  speaks 
to  Spot.  Would  you  like  to  hear  what 
she  is  saying  to  him?  If  you  listen  I 
think  this  is  what  you  will  hear: 

7.  "Now,   Spot,  don't  bark!   it  is  not  right; 
For  should  our  horses  both  take  fright, 
Why,  they  would  run  away  so  fast 
You  would  be  left  behind  at  last. 


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8.    ""We  two,  with  babies  iiiee  and  clean — 
By  babies,  our  two  dolls  I  mean — 
And  puss,  you  know  to  niake  up  five, 
Are  going  for  a  pleasant  drive." 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
playing,  happy,  nicely,  seated,  saying,  niuniug,  two, 
seems,  afraid,  there,  speaks,  pleased,  listen,  know, 
don't. 

Read  your  lesson  carefully,  and  write  these  sentences 
on  your  slates,  putting  in  words  where  they  are  left  out. 


UM-yCJ. 


///.      CONCERT  PHONIC  DRILL. 

Spell  the  words  hij  sound 

The  broad 

sound  of  a  is  marked  by  two  dots  under 

it,  thus — a.. 

a-U 

X)-aw          aw-1 

h-au-l 

b-a-11 

1-aw           l>aw-l 

m-au-1 

«-a-U 

s-aw           4^-r-aw-l 

€-au-glit 

Slate  Exercise.     Write  all  the  words  you  can  find 
that  have  the  sound  of  a. 


22 


SECOND    HEADER. 


7.     A   RACE    ON    THE    SANDS. 


PRONOUNCING 

EXERCISE. 

spray 

Car'lo 

sel'dom 

brought 

wave§ 

par'ent 

€6v'er 

dis'taiiye 

breatiie 

alVayg 

builds 

€reep'ing 

sea' 

-side         0  ver 

took'         stock'ins^s 

1.  Here  are  Willie  and  his  dog  Carlo. 
How  happy  they  are !  They  are  running 
a  race  on  the  sands  by  the  sea. 

2.  Willie's  home   is  in   a  large  town. 


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far  away  from  the  sea.  He  seldom  gets 
to  the  sea-side. 

3.  When  Willie   is    at   home  he  goes        /i 
to   school;    but  now,   it  is  holiday  time, 

and  his  parents  have  brought  him  to 
breathe  the  fresh  sea-air,  and  to  play 
on  the  sands. 

4.  Boys  and  girls  who  have  been  to 
the  sea-side  know  that  the  waters  of 
the  sea  are  never  still.  They  are  always 
moving. 

5.  Sometimes  the  waves  roll  up  the 
shore  a  great  distance,  and  cover  all 
the  sands.  In  the  picture  you  may  see 
how  the  water  comes  creeping  up  the 
shore.  ^ 

6.  Willie  knows  that  they  will  have 
to  run  out  of  the  way  before  the  sea 
covers  the  sands. 

7.  One  day  the  waves  overtook  them. 
Willie's  boots  and  stockings  were  made 
verv  wet,  and  Carlo  had  to  swim. 

8.  Now  they  are  having  a  race  along 
the  sands,  close  to  the  waves.  Willie 
had   been  sitting  upon  a  rock;   but  by- 


24  SECOND    READER. 

and-by  the  waters  reached  his  feet,  and 
then  he  started   off  with  Carlo. 

9.  What  fun  they  are  having!  for 
sometimes  one  Avave  bigger  than  the  rest 
comes  dashing  along,  and  covers  them 
both  with  spray. 

10.  Willie's  flag  is  called  the  Union 
Jack.  When  he  builds  a  house  on  the 
sand,  he  places  this  flag  on  the  top  of 
it.     Every  one  knows  Willie's  pretty  flag.  / 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
here,  sea-side,  goes,  school,  holiday,  breathe,  moving, 
who,  been,  shore,  water,  creeping,  close,  by-and-by, 
brought,  builds. 


8.     WHAT    DOES    LITTLE    BIRDIE    SAY? 
PRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

peepi^      bird'ie  ^    lon'ger         stron'ger 

Let  each  pupil  memorize  one  stanza  and  recite  it 

1.    What  does  little  birdie  say 
In  her  nest  at  peep  of  day? 
Let  me  fly,   says  little  birdie, 
Mother,  let  me  fly  away. 


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Birdie,  rest  a  little  longer, 
Till  the  little  wings  are  stronger. 
So  she  rests  a  little  longer, 
Then  she  flies  away. 

2.   What  does  little  baby  say, 
In  her  bed  at  peep  of  day? 
Baby  says,  like  -little  birdie, 
Let  me  rise  and  fly  away. 
Baby,  sleep  a  little  longer, 
Till  the  little  limbs  are  stronger. 
If  she  sleeps  a  little  longer. 
Baby  too  shall  fly  away. 


Tennyson. 

Words   to    be   Spelled.     Dictate  from  the  lesson 
what,  birdie,  s<ays,  mother,  flies,  rise,  till. 


IV.      CONCERT 

PHONIC  DRILL. 

To 

show 

the  short 

sound  of  a  it 

is 

marked  by  a 

hreve^ 

thus- 

-a. 

a-t 

a-n-d 

m-a-u 

f-l-a-t 

a-n 

b-a-t 

'•e-a-n 

Ih-a-t 

a-5 

h-a-t 

r-a-n 

m-a-t 

Slate  Exercise.    "Write  all  the  words  you  can  find 
that  rhyme  with  -eatj  with  -ean. 


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9.     HOW    BLUE-EYES    SOLD    HER   DOLL. 


yon'der 


be  long§' 


moil  ey 


rib' boil 


1.  There  was  once  a  little  girl  whose 
mother  called  her  Blue-eyes;  and  she 
had  a  doll  Avhose  name  was  Belle. 

2.  Blue-eyes  wore  a  string  of  amber 
beads  round  her  neck;  and  her  yellow 
curls  were  tied  with  a  blue  ribbon  round 
her  head. 

3.  She  was  so  fond  of  her  doll  that 
she   took     her    with    her    wherever    she 


SECOND    EEADEK.  27 

went.  One  day  she  took  her  to  a  fair 
which  some  kind  ladies  were  giving  to 
help  some  poor  children  who  had  lost 
their  father  and  mother.^' 

4.  Blue-eyes  laid  her  doll  down  on 
one  of  the  tables.  An  old  lady  came 
up,  and  thinking  that  the  doll  Avas  for 
sale,  said:  ''Here  is  just  the  kind  of  a 
doll  I  want  to  buy  for  my  little  niece. 
I  will  give  five  dollars  for  it." 

5.  "That  doll  is  not  for  sale/'  said 
the  lady  who  kept  the  table.  "It  be- 
longs to  little  Blue-eyes  yonder." 

6.  "But  the  poor  children  want  the 
five  dollars  more  than  I  want  the  doll/' 
said  Blue-eyes.  "I  will  run  and  ask  my 
mother  if  I  may  sell  the  doll.V,-- 

7.  So  she  ran  and  asked  her  mother; 
and  her  mother  said,  if  she  wanted  to 
get  the  money  to  help  the  poor  children, 
she  might  sell  the  doll. 

8.  So  Blue-eyes  sold  it,  and  with  the 
money  she  bought  three  pretty  dresses 
which  she  gave  to  the  children;  "for," 
said  little  Blue-eyes,  "the  children  need 


28  SECOND    KEADER. 

their  warm  dresses   much  more  than  I 

want  Belle." 

9.    I    should    not   wonder  if  Blue-eyes 

were    to    wake    on    Christmas    morning, 

and  find  a  new  doll,  much  prettier  than 

Belle,  in  the  stocking  she  will  hang  up. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
whose,  fair,  niece,  need,  beads,  ladies,  dollars,  much, 
curls,  were,  yonder,  every,  ribbon,  laid,  said,  money, 
story,  head,  sale,  buy. 

Study  your  reading  lesson  so  that  you  can  copy  these 
sentences   and  put   the  proper  words  in  the  hlanh  spaces. 


/   C^U^/^'.i^^^J  .'^?^^^ 


6) 


SECOND    BEADEB. 


29 


10.     COUNT   TEN. 


PliONOVNCINa  EXERCISE. 


aunt 

€or  re^t' 

watch 

de  light' 

spade 

mshed 

hast'y 

^•are'less 

vexed 

an'giy 

blade§ 

plant 'ed 

1.  Fred  had  a  new  spade  from  his 
aunt.  She  sent  it  to  him  one  day  with 
a  small  box  of  seeds. 

2.  As  soon  as  he  got  it,  he  went  out 
to  dig  with  it,  in  his  own  bit  of  ground, 
at  the  back  of  the  house. 

3.  Jane   went   with   him;    and    as   he 


30  SECOND    EEADEH. 

dug,  she  stood  near  him,  and  talked  to 
him.  She  held  the  box  of  seeds  in  her 
hand. 

4.  Fred  did  his  work  with  a  will,  and 
he  did  it  well,  too. 

5.  As  Jane  stood  and  talked,  she  let 
the  box  of  seeds  fall  on  the  ground. 
The  lid  of  the  box  came  off,  and  all 
the  seeds  fell  out. 

6.  Poor  Jane  was  a  good,  kind  girl. 
She  was  much  vexed,  and  said  so  to 
Fred.     But   Fred   did   not   speak  to   her. 

7.  ''O  Fred,"  cried  she,  ''why  dont 
you  speak  to  me?" 

8.  ''I  wished,"  said  Fred,  ''to  wait  till 
I  could  count  ten." 

9.  "Count  ten!"  said  Jane,  "what 
do  you  mean?  Why  do  you  wish  to 
count  ten?" 

10.  "Oh,"  said  Fred,  "aunt  once  told 
me  to  count  ten  before  I  spoke,  if  ever 
I  felt  angry.  I  know  that  I  am  often 
hasty  to  you,  Jane,  and  I  want  to  cor- 
rect myself" 

11.  "0    Fred,    how   good    you   are!     It 


SECOND    BEADEli.  31. 

was  very  careless  of  me  to  let  the  box 
of  seeds  fall;  but  see,  I  have  picked 
them  all  up  again,  and  here  they  are, 
ready  to  be  put  into  the  ground." 

12.  The  seeds  were  planted,  and  at  last 
a  lot  of  small  green  blades  peeped  above 
the  ground,  and  soon  grew  up,  with 
pretty  flowers,  greatly  to  the  delight  of 
the  children. 

Questions.  1.  What  was  Fre^l  doing?  2.  Why  was 
he  digging  in  the  ground?  3.  What  careless  thing  did 
Jane  do?  4.  Why  did  he  count  ten  before  he  spoke 
to  her?  5.  Would  it  not  be  well  if  we  should  try  this 
plan  when  we  get  vexed? 

Write  a  story  which  shall  answer  all  these  questions. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson : 
aunt,  count,  ready,  seeds,  mean,  greatly,  told,  work, 
talked,  delight,  correct,  wail,  careless. 

11.     "BLUE-BIRD,  BONNY   BIRD." 

1.    Blue-bird,  bonny  bird,  up  in  the  tree, 

Show  me  your  speckled  eggs,  one,  two,  three! 
Why  do  you  hide  them  under  your  breast? 
Just  let  me  peep  in  the  little,  round  nest. 
Blue-bird  laughed  as  she  sat  in  her  nest, 
Hiding  her  pretty  eggs  under  her  breast; 
One  sunny  morning,  up  in  the  tree. 
Chirped  the  new  hirdies,  one,  two,  three! 

E.  H.   MlLL£B. 


32  SECOND    KEADER. 


12.     KEEP   TRYING. 

moxouNCTxa  exercise. 
strike  might  i'rong  sii^  9ess' 

aright'         gaz'ing  ^Jimb  stum'ble 

Beqtiire  pupils  to  learn  fJtis  l>y  heart. 


^4i^/^^^/^/^i^2^ 


SECOND    READER.  33 


e^./<w^ly,  yC^tn^d. 


^^^^*'^^^:>i^2^^/^>'^.^^^#^ 


C^j^rn^r  yCi^^^^^^^y2/-c>^^,^^ 


Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
nail,  you've,  succeed,  aright,  reach,  might,  though, 
climb,  iron. 

Slate  Work.  Write  from  memory  the  fii'st  stanza j 
exchange  slates,  and  correct  errors  in  spelling,  punctu- 
ation, and  capitals. 

Oral  Spelling  Match.  Let  the  class  choose  sides. 
Dictate  words  from  all  previous  lessons. 


34 


SECOND  BEADEE. 


13. 

fright'ened 

^reat'ureg 

thoughts 


PUSS   IN   THE    GARDEN. 
PRONOUNCING   EXEECISE. 

soft'ly  h'ong         •€iu''raiit 

tfgerg  prey  roar'ing 

flow'er§        fierce  qui'et  ly 

1.  Puss  is  out  in  the 
garden.  Do  you  see  her 
lying  under  the  flowers  ? 

2.  She  often  hes  there 
for  hours  at  a  time,  in 
the  bright  sunny  days,  y 

3.  When  she  is  hun- 
.  gry,  she  goes  slyly  off  to 

the   end   of  the   garden 
to  watch  for  little  birds. 

4.  One  day  as  I  sat 
on  the  garden 
seat,  I  saw  some 
birds  hopping  in 
and  out  of  the 
currant  bushes. 

5.    In    a    little 

while  I  saw  Puss 

i:li  rise    from    her 


SECOND    EEADEK.  35 

place  under  the  flowefs,  and  steal  quietly 
away.        ^ 

6.  She  did  not  go  down  the  garden 
walk^  but  crept  softly  behind  the  flowers 
and  under  the  trees.  _,^^^^,^^ 

7.  When  she 
came  to  the  spot 
she  hid  herself 
under  a  thick 
bush,  and  sat 
watching  for  the 
birds. 

8.  By-and-by,  one  of  the  birds  flew 
down  on  the  grass  and  hopped  off  for 
a  crumbj  quite  at  its  ease.  ^ 

9.  In  a  moment,  out  sprang  Puss, 
and  I  thought  the  poor  bird  had  been 
caught. 

10.  But  Puss,  for  once,  Avas  too  late, 
and  the  bird,  very  much  frightened,  flew 
away. 

11.  All  animals  of  the  cat  kind  are 
beasts  of  prey.  They  generally  take  their 
prey  by  stealth,  creeping  up  and  spring- 
ing upon  it. 


36  >  SECOND     READER. 

12.  Lions  and  tigers  are  the  largest 
creatures  of  the  cat  family,  and  when 
wild  they  are  very  much  feared  by  man. 

13.  If  you  ever  see  a  lion,  look 
closely,  and  you  will  see  that  it  acts 
very  much  like  a  large  cat.  You  will 
seOj  also,  that  the  tiger  looks  Hke  a  cat. 

"Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
lying,  watch,  caught,  lies,  hopping,  thought,  currant, 
sunny,  bright,  steal,  slyly,  crumb. 

Gopy^  and  fill  the  hhnds  with  the  proper  words. 

1.  Puss  is  under  the . 

2.  Sh(f  often there  for  ,   on 

a  day. 


3.    Puss  tried  to  the  little  - 

1.    The  birds  soo'n away  and 

did  not  catch  . 


7'. 

CONCERT 

PHONIC   niULL. 

To  show 

the 

sound  of 

a 

as  in  care, 

it 

is  marked 

by  a  circiunflex 

,  thus— a. 

€-a-re 

ai-r 

b-ea-r 

b-a-re 

b-a-re 

p-ai-r 

p-ea-r 

p-a-re 

f-a-re 

s-t-ai-r 

w-ea-r 

s-t-a-re 

SECOND    READER. 


37 


14.     HOW    A    BUTTERFLY    CAME. 

1.    Late   ill    September, 
worm  upon   a  willow  leaf. 


"^^:^m^^<$^^^^^ 


a  lady  saw  a 
It  was  about 
two  iii(rti&s  in 
length,  and  al- 
most as  big  as 
her  little  fin- 
ger. Strjpes^f 
black,  green, 
and  yellow 
went  around 
its  little  body. 

2.  The  lady  carried  leaf  anfl  sleeper 
home.  She  took  willow  leaves  for  it  to 
eat,  put  them  all  in  a  glass  dish,  and 
tied  lace  over  it.    i 

3.  In  just  one  week  her  guest 
was  gone.  All  the  leaves  were 
gone;  only  a  lovely  green  bag 
was  left.  It  was  just  one  inch 
long,  and  Avas  made  very  neatly, 
and  looked  much  like  a  little 
bed  or  cradle,  if"  No  stitches  could  be  seen, 
and  the  seams  had  an  edge  like  gold  cord. 


38 


SECOND  BEADEK. 


4.    It  had   on  it    gold   and  black  dots 
like   tiny   buttons.      The    caterpillar   had 

His  old  clothes  were 
near  by.     He 


sewed  himself  in 


>^ 


had  pushed 
them  off  in  a 
hurry.  The 
new  home  was 
made  fast  to 
a  bit  of  cloth. 
5.  Almost 
six  weeks  the 
little  sleeper  lay  in  his  silken  cradle. 
In  Novefhber  he  burst  the  pretty  green 
hammockj  and  the  old  home  turned  white. 
G.  A  lovely  butterfly  came  out.  It  had 
brown  and  golden  wings^  with  stripes  of 
black,  like  cords,  on  them,  and  a  feathery 
fringe  of  white  for  each  stripe. 

7.  On  the  edges  of  the  wings  were 
white  and  yellow  dots.  The  head  was 
black,  with  white  and  yellow  dots  on  it. 

"Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson  : 
leaf,  button,  body,  sewed,  guest,  hurry?  neatly,  edge, 
stitches,  caterpillar,  yellow,  tiny. 


SECOND  READEB. 


39 


15.     THE   CLUCKING-   HEN. 
PRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

hatched  vers'es  roost'er 

be  neath'  bar'ley  hal  loo' 


^luck 


1.  ^'Mother/' ;5 
said  a  boy,  ''I 
heard  the  children  at  school  to-day  read- 
ing the  verses  about  the  Clucking  Hen. 
What  is  a  cluckiilg  hen?" 

2.  '^A  hen  is  called  a  clucking  hen 
while  she  sits  on  her  eggs.  The  name 
is  taken  from  the  noise  she  then  makes. 


40  SECOND    KEADER. 

She  makes  the  same  noise  when  she 
calls  her  chickens.  I  should  like  to  hear 
the  verses.     Do  you  know  them?'' 

3.  ''Yes,  I  know  them  by  heart;  I 
must  tell  you  that  an  old  rooster  is  the 
one  to  speak  first.^ 

4.«  "'Will  you  take  a  walk  with  me^ 
My  little  wife  to-day? 
There  is  barley  in  the  barley  field, 
And  hay  seed  in  the  hay.^ 

5.  "'Thank  you/  said  the  clucking  hen, 

'I  have  something  else  to  do; 
I  am  busy  sitting  on  my  eggs, 
I  cannot  walk  with  you. 

6.  "'Cluck,  cluck,  cluck,  cluck,' 

Said  the  clucking  hen-, 
'My  little  chicks  will  soon  be  hatched, 
I  will  think  about  it  then.' 

7.  "The  clucking  hen  sat  in  her  nest, 

She  made  it  in  the  hay; 
And  warm  and  snug  beneath  her  breast, 
A  dozen  white  eggs  lay. 

8.  "Crack,  crack,  went  all  the  eggs; 

Out  came  the  chickens  small. 


SECOND    HEADER.  41 

^ Cluck/  said  the  clucking  hen, 
^Now  I  have  you  all. 

9.    ^'^Come  along,  my  little  chicks, 

I  will  take  a  walk  with  you ;  ^ 
^  Halloo !  ^  said  the  rooster  proud — 
^  Cock-a-doodle-doo  !  ^ " 

10.  ''Very  pretty  verses/'  said  the  boy's 
mother.  '^A  clucking  hen  cares  for  noth- 
ing but  her  Httle  ones."^ 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
verses,  to-day,  clucking,  cannot,  noise,  dozen,  crack, 
reading,  first,  chicks. 

1 


LANGUAGE  LESSOX. 
Copy,  filling  hlanhs  with  the  right  tvords,  selected  from 
the  three  at  the  head  of  the  lesson. 

too,      to,      two. 

1.  I  saw  boys  who  were 

lazy study. 

2.  much  cake  is  apt make 

one  ill. 

3.    dollars  are much  

give  for  hours'  work. 

4.  Jane  is  going  school,  and  I 

am  going  . 


42  SECOND    BEADEE. 


ri. 

CONCERT  FHOXIC   DRILL 

To  show  the 

)  sound  of  intermediate  a 

as  in  ask;  it 

is  marked  by 

a  single  dot 

over  it,  thus- 

-a. 

a-s-k 

p-a-ss 

p-a-s-t 

d-a-n-ge 

t-a-s-k 

g-l-a-ss 

1-a-s-t 

a-n-t 

f-1-a-s-k 

m-a-ss 

f-a-s-t 

m-a-s-t 

Write  five  tvords  witli  a,  five  with  a,  five  ivitJi  a.  Mayiy 
errors  occur  in  the  i)rominciatio)i  of  words  ivith  these 
sounds. 


16.     PAUL    AT   THE   PIANO. 
PRONOUXCINa   EXERCISE. 

tip'ping  bump  re'al  toe§ 

him  self'  pi  a'no  tune  half 

vi§'i^  org  thumb  hour  -eomb 

e  noiigh'  touch  Paul  tl'dy 

1.  Now  here  is  Paul,  the  dear  boy; 
how  could  he  climb  up  on  this  tall  stool, 
without  tipping  over  and  giving  his  head 
a  bump? 

2.  He  cannot  touch  his  toes  to  the 
floor,  so  must  curl  them  around  the 
stool  to  hold  himself  on. 

3.  His  little  visitors,  James  and  Eose, 


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^  43 


have  come  in  to  hear  him  play  his 
tunes.  He  is  singing,  too.  Do  look  at 
his  mouth,   wide  open. 

4.  Rose  has  her  doll  in  her  hand, 
and  has  come  to  stay  half  an  hour  with 
Paul.    ^ 

5.  When  he  is  older,  he  will  learn  to 
play  real  tunes,  and  will  comb  his  hair, 
before  going  to  the  piano  to  show  what 
he  can  do. 


44  SECOND    KEADER. 

6.  His  mamma  likes  to  see  her  little 
boy  neat  and  tidy,  so  she  bought  him  a 
knife  to  clean  his  nails. 

7.  The  first  thing  he  did  was  to  cut 
his  thumb.  Next,  he  stuck  his  knife- 
blade  into  his  knee. 

8.  Papa  said:  ^^Paul  is  not  old  enough 
to  have  a  sharp  knife,  so  you  must  give 
him  scissors,  or  a  very  dull  knife,  until 
he  is  older  and  more  careful. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
dear,  visitors,  knife,  tipping,  tunes,  thumb,  giving, 
halt,  enough,  toes,  hour,  scissors,  touch,  comb,  hair, 
until. 

17.     THE    QUARRELSOME    KITTENS. 
Let  each  pupil  memorize  one  stanza,  and  recite  it 

1.  Two  little  kittens, 

One  stormy  night, 
Began  to  quarrel. 
And  then  to  fight. 

2.  One  had  a  mouse, 

The  other  had  none; 
And  that's  the  way 
The  quarrel  begun. 


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45 


3.    "Fll  have  that  mouse/' 
Said  the  bigger  cat. 
^'  You'll  have  that  mouse? 
AVe'll  see  about  that!" 

i.     •  I  will  have  that  mouse," 
Said  the  eldest  son: 
''  You  sha-n't  have  the  mouse/' 
Said  the  Httle  on^. 

5.  The   old   woman  seized 

Her  sweeping  broom, 
And  swept  both  kittens 
Right  out  of  the  room. 

6.  The  ground  was  all  covered 

With  frost  and  with  snow: 


46  SECOND    BEADEB. 

The  two  little  kittens 
Had  nowhere  to  go. 

7.  So  they  lay  and  shivered 

On  a  mat  at  the  door, 
While  the  old  woman 
Was  sweeping  the  floor. 

8.  And  then  they  crept  in, 

As  quiet  as  mice, 
All  wet  with  the  snow, 
And   as   cold   as  ice. 

9.  And  found  it  much  better,     - 

That  stormy  night. 
To  lie  by  the  fire 

Than  to   quarrel  and   flght. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
kittens,  quarrel,  I  '11,  sweeping,  fight,  you  '11,  snow, 
mouse,  nowhere,  none. 


Pronouncing  Review. 

Require  the  pupils  to  write 

and  pronounce  the    following 

words : 

Silent  (jh. 

Silent  J). 

high                fright 

climb                lamb 

straight          delight 

thiimb              comb 

bright             right 

crumb              limb 

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47 


18.     PLAYING-   HORSE. 

PBONOUNCING   EXERCISE. 

cliaii-  turned  un  less' 

door§  stepped  sure'ly 

world  feri5w§  Hen'ry'§ 


€ar'pet 

puiring 

wearing 


1.  These  little  fellows  think  they  are 
having  the  best  time  in  the  world. 

2.  Their  mother  is  away  from  h^me 
and  they  are  playing  herse  @n  her  fine 
carpet. 


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3.  Willie  has  hold  of  Henry's  feet, 
and   is   pulling    him    around   in   a   chair. 

4.  Henry  is  the  driver,  Willie  is  the 
horse,  and  the  chair  is  for  the  wagon.  ^ 

5.  See,  they  have  turned  the  stool 
over,  and  it  is  right  in  the  way.  Willie 
stepped  over  it,  but  I  am  much  afraid 
Henry  will  get  hurt.    ..^ 

6.  The  chair  legs  are  caught  in  the 
carpet,  and,  unless  Willie  stops  at  once, 
the  wagon  will  tip  over,  and  down  Henry 
will  go. 

7.  If  he  should  fall  on  the  stool,  it 
would  surely  hurt  him.  How  frightened 
he  looks !  I  think  AVillie  knows  that  the 
chair  is  caught,  and  if  he  does,  he  will 
stop. 

8.  I  think  their  mother  will  tell  them 
that  when  they  want  to  play  horse, 
they  should  go  out  of  doors. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
these,  stepped,  fellows,  unless,  world,  surely,  chair, 
wearing,  wagon,  pulling. 

Slate  Work.  Copy  the  fifth  and  sixth  paragraphs 
on  your  slate,  and  bring  them  into  the  class. 


SECOND    KEADEll.  49P 

VI L  CONCERT  FHONIC  DRILL. 
To  show  tlie  sounds  of  e,  it  is  marked  as  follows: 
long  e  by  a  macron^  short  e  by  a  hreve;  e  as  in 
her^,  with  a  tvave  or  tilde,  thus — e;  and  e  when  it. 
has  the  sound  of  long  a,  by  a  line  under  it,  thus — e. 
Follow  directions  at  close  of  first  exercise. 
e-ve  e-iid  li-e-r  tli-ey 

ni-ee-t  b-r-ea-d  e-rr  v-ei-1 

ui-ea-t         th-r-ea-d         ea-r-n         ei-glit^ , 


19.  .  ONE   THING   AT   A   TIME. 

1.  Work  while  yoii  work, 

Play  while  you  play: 
This  is  the  way 

To  be  cheerful  and  gay. 

2.  All  that  you  do 

Do  with  yoiu- might: 
Things  done  by  halves 
.  Are  never  done  right. 

o.    One  thing  each  time, 
And  that  done  well. 
Is  a  very  good  rule, 
As  many  can  tell. 

4.    Moments  are  useless, 
Trifled  awav: 


50  SECOND    BEADEK. 

So  work  while  you  work, 
And  play  while  you  play. 


M.   A.    STODART. 


VIII. 

CONCERT  PHONIC 

DRILL 

. 

To  show  the 

long 

sound  of  i  it 

is  marked  by  a 

macron; 

short  i 

by  a 

hreve;  the  sound  of 

i  as  in  sir. 

equal  to 

e  as  in  her, 

with  a  wave 

and 

i   equal  to 

long  e, 

by  two 

dots 

over  it,  thus- 

-i". 

i-^e 

i-n 

s-i-r 

Y-a 

1-i-se' 

1-ie 

i-n- 

■ch 

th-i-r-d 

in-a 

9h-i-ne' 

d-ie 

p-i-n 

b-i-r-d 

p-o 

1-i-ce' 

2 
LANGUAGE  LESSON. 
Put  the  following  words  into  the  sentences,  copying  all 
on  your  slates. 

g-ood  small  every  think 

pears  eat  which 

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20. 

BLOWING-   SOAP- 

■BUBBLES. 

: 

PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

blow'ing 

oflE 

€6ror§ 

beau'ti  ful 

tak'en 

thrown 

bub'ble§ 

wa'ter 

bot'tom 

1.  Here  is  little  Johnnie  blowing  soap 
bubbles.     How  happy  he  looks ! 

2.  He  has  just  come  from  school.  He 
has  thrown  his  bag  of  books  down  on 
the  walk,  and  is  as  busy  as  a  bee. 


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3.  It  is  a  warm  day,  and  he  has  taken 
his  hat  and  coat  off,  and  thinks  he  will 
have  a  good  time. 

4.  Look  at  the  dish  of  soap-suds.  He 
has  been  l)lowing  into  that,  and  it  is 
running  over  with  hubbies.^ 

5.  What  a  large  one  he  has  now! 
See  the  little  drop  of  water  on  the  bot- 
tom of  it.  It  Avill  soon  break,  and  there 
will  be  nothing  left  but  a  foAV  drops  of 
water. 

6.  Did  you  ever  blow  soap-bubbles? 
When    you    do,    if  you    will    look    close, 

'you  will  see  on  a  large  one,  all  the  colors 
of  the  rainbow.^ 

7.  Sometimes  you  ca^i  see  small  pict- 
ures of  the  houses  and  trees  near  by, 
just  as  they  appear  in  a  looking-glass, 
only  smaller  and  more  beautiful. 

8.  When  the  bubbles  are  just  the 
right  size,  if  you  hold  the  pipe  high, 
you  can  shake  them  off,  and  blow  them 
up  in  the  air,  or  let  them  fall  upon  a 
cloth  or  carpet,  and  they  will  roll  some 
time  before  they  break. 


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Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
soap,  few,  bubble,  colors,  thrown,  glass,  cojit,  bottoin, 
beautiful,  hi^h. 


JX.      CONCERT  PHONIC    DRILL. 

i 

To  show  the  long  sound  of  o,  it  is   marked  by   a  | 

macron  ^   the  short  sound  of  o  hy  a  hreve-,  o 

equal  to 

long   6b,    by    two 

dots    under   it,    thus — o; 

0  equal  ! 

to  short  }f,  by  one 

dot  over  it,  thus — o. 

i 

o-l-d            o-n 

m-o-ve          6-1* 

s-6-n 

•e-oa-t        o-dd 

p-r-o-ve        ii-6-r 

d-6-ne 

43-oa-l        p-o-d 

l-o-§e            f -6-r  ^ 

t-6-ii 

21.    FRANK'S    DOG-    STORY. 

PRONOUNcma  exercise. 
fore'head     ^ud'dle      sto'rie§      olh'er     tight 
wniik'le§     riihhed       chiib'by     a  long'    meant 

1.  Frank  and  I  used  to  lovo  oach 
other  dearly;  f()r,  Avhen  I  was  tired,  he 
would  put  his  arms  around  my  neck  and 
give  iTie  a  kiss. 

2.  When  he  was  tired,  I  would  cuddle 
him  close  up  to  me,  and  tell  him  stories, 
till  his  eyes  would  shut  tight,  and  I 
knew  he  was  fast  asleep. 


54  SECOND    HEADER. 

3.  One  day  I  said  to  him,  ''Frankie, 
I  have  told  you  so  many  stories^  that  I 
cannot  think  of  another.  I  should  think 
you  might  tell  me  a  story." 

4.  ''I  will/'  said  my  little  four-year-old. 
So  he  stuck  his  chubby  fists  into  his 
eyes,  rubbed  his  curly  hair  all  into  a 
friz,  and  made  his  forehead  full  of 
wrinkles,  as  some  men  do  when  they 
try  to  think. 

5.  Then  he  began:  ''Once  upon  a 
time,  a  man  had  two  little  black  doggies; 
then  a  great,  big  black  dog  came  along; 
and  then  there  was  a  wow!" 

6.  I  thought  that  was  a  good  story 
for  so  small  a  boy  to  tell;  but  what  do 
you  think  he  meant  by  a  ''wow?"  Did 
he  mean  a  row  such  as  bad  boys  have 
when  they  fight,  or  only  a  pleasant  bow- 
wow? j 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
love,  meant,  stories,  pleasant,  tight,  asleep,  forehead, 
four,  rubbed,  year. 

Oral  Expression.  Ask  your  pupils  to  tell  you  some- 
thing about  their  own  dogs,  or  to  tell  some  story  they 
have  heard  about  a  dog. 


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22.     A   FLOWER   FOR   MOTHER. 
PRONOUNCINa   EXERCISE. 

Mp'ping  lived  ^oiin'tiy       beati'ty 

scorching         sprang        €ot'tage        re  geive' 
for' ward  €ra'dle        hedg'e§         bon'net 

1.  Lilly  lived  in  the  country.  All 
around  her  father's  cottage  there  were 
green  fields  and  pretty  lanes. 

2.  Under  the  hedges,  a  great  many 
flowers  grow  in  summer,  and  Lilly  was 
never  so  happy  as  when  she  was  picking 
them. 

3.  One  bright  morning,  Lilly's  mother 
told  her  that  she  might  go  into  the 
fields  and  pull  some  flowers. 

4.  Putting  on  her  bonnet  to  keep  the 
hot  sun  from  scorching  her  head  and 
face,  Lilly  gave  her  mother  a  kiss  and 
bade  her  good  morning.      P 

5.  Then  she  went  to  the  cradle,  where 
her  baby  brother  was  kicking  up  his 
heels,  and  kissing  him,  told  him  to  be 
a  good  boy,  for  she  would  bring  him  a 
pretty  flower. 


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6.  Tripping  lightly  out  of  the  house 
with  a  basket  on  her  arm^  she  ran  up 
the  lane  singing: 

^^Buttercups  and  daisies, 
Oh,  the  pretty  flowers!" 


7.  Through  the  gate  she  went  into 
a  field,  and  began  to  pick  the  flowers, 
singing  to  herself  all  the  time. 

8.  When  she  had  filled  her  basket, 
she  sat  down  under  a  tree  to  rest. 


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9.  On  her  Avay  home  she  saw  one 
flower  larger  and  prettier  than  any  she 
had  seen  that  day. 

10.  *'0h,  what  a  beauty!"  she  cried^ 
as  she  sprang  forward  and  carefully 
pulled    it. 

11.  ''I  will  take  this  to  mother."  And 
away  she  ran,  holding  it  up,  as  you  may 
see  in  the  picture. 

W^ORDS  TO  BE  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson : 
cottage,  herself,  filled,  hedges,  basket,  bade,  lightly, 
heels. 


Slate  Work.     Copy  verses  ten  and  eleven  on  yonr 
slates,  observing  all  the  marks  carefully. 


I 


A'.  roxcEirr  phoxic  duill. 
To  show  the  sounds  of  u,  it  is  marked  as  follows: 
long  n  by  a  macron;  short  u  by  a  hreve ;  u  as  in 
urge  b}'  a  circumflex,  thus — li;  n,  with  the  sound 
of  long  00^  as  in  m()r)n,  by  two  dots  under  it,  thus  u; 
and  n  when  it  has  the  sound  of  short  oo  as  in  b(K)k, 
by  one  dot  under  it,  thus — u;  as  pull. 

Spell  Itfi  soinul,  (ind  ropff  with  markinys. 

vi-se  ii-p         r-ii-](:  u-r-ge      p-u-11 

ni-u-te      -t'-u-p      t-r-ue  h-u-r-t     p-u-t 

m-u-s-t     s-u-ii      s~ch-<X)-l      u-r-ii       p-u-sh 


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23.     MAKING-   A   RACKET. 
PRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

gi*um'ble         jack'et  emp'ty  ^oiip'le 

triimp'et         rack'et  ^hor'us  whack 

rend'ing  skiir'ry  ^lat'ter  pSck'et 


What  does  it  take  to  make  a  racket? 
Two  small  boys  in  pants  and  jacket; 
An  empty  room  and  a  bare  wood  floor; 
A  conple  of  sticks  to  bang  the  door; 
A  chair  or  two  to  break  and  to  swing ; 
A  trumpet  to  blow  and  a  bell  to  ring; 


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2. 

A  stamp  and  a  tramp  like  a  great  big  man, 
And  when  3'ou  can  get  it,  an  old  tin  pan; 
A  flight  of  stairs  for  a  climb  and  a  tumble  j 
A  nursery  maid  to  growl  and  to  grumble; 
A  chorus  of  howls,  and  a  cry,  and  shriek, 
To  disown  your  voice  if  you  try  to  speak; 

3. 

A  dozen  good  blows  on  knees  and  back, 

Each  one  coming  down  with  a  terrible  whack; 

A  couple  of  falls,  rending  buttons  and  thread; 

And  one  good  bump  on  the  back  of  the  head; 

A  rush  and  a  skurry;   a  tear  and  a  clatter; 

A  mamma  to  cry,   "Now  what  is  the  matter?" 

/'^'^ 

4 

You  take  these, 
And  shake  these. 
And  put  in  a  packet. 
And  you  '11  have  just  the  j oiliest  kind  of  a  racket! 

5. 

Of  course,  I  am  bound  to  confess. 
You  can  manage  to  make  it  with  less, 
And  still  have  a  very  good  show. 
By  the  plan  which  is  given  below: 

6. 
You  can  leave  out  the  room  and  the  floor, 
The  bumps  and  the  bangs  on  the  door; 


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The  bellj   and  the  sticks^   and  the  stah's; 
The  trumpets,   the  howls,   and  the  chairs; 
The  whack,   and  the  fall,  and  the  rise; 
The  shrieks,  and  the  groans,   and  the  cries ; 

7. 

Mamma,  and  the  pan,  and  the  tramp; 
The  nurse,  and  the  growl,  and  the  stamp; 
But  one  thing  you  must  have,  however  you  get  it, 
(Or  else  if  you  do  n't,  you  Avill  sadly  regret  it — 
For  remember  my  words — if  you  happen  to  lack  it, 
You  never  can  have  the  least  bit  of  a  racket), — 
And  that  is,  Uvo  small  hoys  in  pants  and  in  jacJiet ! 


LA  NG  UA  aE  LESSON. 

Copy  the  sentences  and  fill  the  hianhs  wi 

th  the  2)i"02)er 

worlds  from  this  list. 

good       bad 

cold 

warm 

larg-e       small 

light 

heavy 

1.    Gold    is    very 

,   but 

feathers 

are  . 

2.    In  summer  it 

is  ;    ] 

m  winter 

it  is  . 

8.    A  book  is  often  better  than 

a  one. 

4.    Who  would   n 

ot  be  a  — 

child 

rather  than  a  

one? 

SECOND    KEADER.  6\ 


XI.     coxrEirr  phoxic,  niriLL. 
To  sliow  the  sound  of  loug  oo  it  is  marked  by  a 
macron  J   thus — oi))    short    oo    by    a    hvevej    thus — 06. 
The  sound  of  0  as  in  move  is  an  equivalent  of  long 
60;   and  u  as  in  fiUl  of  short  06. 

Spell  hy  sound  and  cojJf/  with  marhhujs. 

m-oo-n  m-o-ve  b-oo-k  p-ii-t 

s-p-00-11  l-o-§e  l-oo-k  p-u-U 

b-60-t  p-r-o-ye  t-06-k  p-ii-sh 


24.     FLYING-  -  SQUIRRELS. 


riioxouxcixa 

EXERCISE. 

A  m&-l  45a 

squir'rel 

snug 

Iii'di  a 

stretch'ecl 

for' est  s 

twg^ 

formed 

^^om'moii 

guard' ed 

a  mid' 

dis'tange 

4J0in  plete'ly 

sup  ply' 

a'-eorn.^ 

Eu'rope 

1.  Do  you  see  these  squirrels  sitting 
on  the  branch  of  a  tree  ?  They  are  called 
"flying- squirrels."     Do  you  know  why? 

2.  They  are  called  flying  -  squirrels 
because  they  can  leap  through  the  air  a 

I  distance  of  twenty  or  thirty  feet  at  a 
time.  Look  at  the  picture,  and  you  will 
see  them  flving  from  the  branch  to  the 
r 


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SECOND  KEADER. 


3.  The  flying -squirrel  does  not  have 
wings,  hke  a  bird ;  but  its  body  is  so  formed 
that  when  stretched  out,  the  Uttle  thing 


can  make  a  short 
journey  through 
the  air  without 
any  fear  of  falUng, 
or   of  being   hurt. 

4.  The  flying -squirrel  is  found  in  the 
forests  of  the  far  North,  both  of  Europe 
and  of  America.  There  is  also  a  kind 
found  in  India. 

5.  Like  the  common  squirrel,  it  lives 
on  nuts  and  acorns;  and  like  it,  also,  it 


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stores   away  in  some  safe  spot  a  supply 
of  food  for  winter. 

6.  It  builds  a  nest,  too;  but  it  is  not 
a  small  nest  like  a  bird's.  It  is  a  large 
and  airy  place.  One  curious  thing  about 
the  flying- squirrel  is,  that  it  is  not  con- 
tent Avith  one  nest.  It  builds  both  a 
summer  and  a  winter  house. 

7.  Both  are  built  of  twigs  and  dried 
grass,  but  the  winter  nest  is  made  much 
stronger,  and  is  better  guarded  from 
wind  and  rain.  It  is  completely  covered 
in  and  made  water-proof,  so  that  the 
little  creature  lies  snug  and  cozy  amid 
the  storms  of  winter. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
squirrels,  twenty,  supply,  flyiug,  thirty,  curious,  leap, 
because,  stretched,  both,  journey,  guard,  air,  forest, 
airy,  complete. 

Slate  Work.  Copy  all  the  words  to  he  spelled  in  the 
last  four  lessons,  on  your  slates. 


ABBREVIATED  EXPRESSIONS. 

I  'd — used  for  I  would.     O'er — used  for  over. 
He  'd — used  for  he  had.     Do  n^i— used  for  do  not. 
I  'm — used  for  I  am.         They  're — used  for  they  are. 


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25.     THE    STORK   AND    THE   SNAKE. 


An  old  mother  stork  that  was  marching  aronnd. 
Saw  a  snake,  crawling  slowly  along  on  the  ground ; 
She  gazed  on  her  children  with  motherly  jjride, 
Then  bade  the  poor  snake  from  her  presence  to 
hide. 

2. 

^'You  vile -looking  creature! 

how  dare  you  come  near, 
To  fill  my  poor  children  with 

trembling  and  fear  ? 
A  thing  without  legs,  craivl- 

ing  low  in  the  dirt ! 
I'd  crush  you,  but  know  that 

your  biting   would  hurt." 


3. 


-9 


tail. 


The  snake   curled  his 
and  lifted  his  head 
From  the  sun-heated  sand 
where    he'd    chosen    his 
bed; 

'^Grood  lady  on  stilts  there, 
I  wish  you  good  cheer, 
Though  I  'm  sure  that  no- 
body invited  you  here.'' 


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65 


"Now  don't  you  stand  gazing,  but  just  run  along 
And  see  to  your  children — they  're  not  very  strong; 
Do  n't  fall,  or  't  will  hurt  you,  you  stand  up  so  high, 
But  falls  do  not  hurt  those  who  walk  low,  or  lie." 


The  very  next  day,  met  the 
stork  and  the  snake: 

What  wonderful  changes  a 
short  time  can  make ! 

With  leg  badly  broken, 
the  stork  hopped  around, 

While  the  snake  nimbly 
slipped  o'er  the  grass- 
covered  ground. 


6. 
"Ha!  ha!  Mrs.  Stork,"  then 

he  laughed,  "  may  I  beg 
To   know    what    has    injured 

your  beautiful  leg!" 
"A  cruel  young  fellow  threw 

at  me  a  stone, 
And  striking  my  leg,  it  broke 

the  frail  bone." 
"  Ha  !   ha !    the  same  boy 

threw   at  me,"  said 

the  snake; 
"But   you   see,   Mrs. 
Stork,  I  had  no  legs 

to   l)reak." 


^ 


66  SECOND    READER. 

26.     HOW   PETE    GOT   A   LESSON. 
PRONOUNCING   EXERCISE. 


buy 

par'rot 

nar'row 

frisk'ing 

^AtYj 

hab'it 

bark'ing 

mis' chief 

po  lite' 

pood'le 

mis' tress 

per  mit'ted 

own'er 

rib'bon 

perched 

Kew  Or'le  an§ 

1.  Bessie  Berry  was  the  proud  and 
happy  owner  of  a  small,  white,  curly 
poodle  dog  named  Pete. 

2.  He  was  a  favorite  with  all  who 
knew  him,  for  he  was  as  gentle  and 
loving  as  a  child,  and  in  many  ways 
quite  as  wise. 

3.  However,  he  had  one  bad  habit,  of 
which  his  little  mistress,  who  Avas  a  very 
polite  child,  had  tried  in  vain  to  break 
him. 

4.  When  visiting  with  her,  he  would 
not  lie  quietly  at  her  feet,  until  he  had 
examined  everything  in  the  room  which 
he  could  touch  with  the  tip  of  his  nose. 
One  day  Bessie  was  sent  to  the  store  to 
buy  some  ribbon  for  her  mamma.     ^^ 


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T).  Pete  as  usual  went  with  her,  show- 
ing his  pleasure  at  being  permitted  to 
share  in  the  errand,  by  barking  and  frisk- 
ing all  the  w^ay. 

6.  No  sooner  had  they  entered  the 
store  than  Pete,  as  usual,  began  running 
around  and  putting  his  nose  into  every- 
thing he  could  reach. 

7.  '^Here  Pete,  come  and  stand  still 
beside  me,"  cried  Bessie  to  him,  afraid 
that  he  might  do  some  mischief  and  get 
scolded.  ^/ 

8.  But  Pete  refused  to  hear  her:  he 
had  trotted  behind  a  counter  in  the  back 
part  of  the  long  room,  and  was,  at  that 
moment,  the  busiest  dog  in  the  city. 

9.  He  w^as  just  in  the  act  of  touching 
what  looked  like  a  narrow  wooden  box, 
painted  white,  when  a  strange,  harsh 
voice  above  him  cried,  "  Get  out,  you  dog, 
get  out.     You  're  black,  you  're  black." 

10.  Quickly  looking  up,  he  saw  a  large 
bird  covered  with  bright  red,  blue,  green, 
and  yellow  feathers,  sitting  a-top  of  a 
high  perch  which  the  box  held  in  place. 


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11.    Pete  was  so   scared  at   hearing  a 
bird  talk,    that   with    one   long    how],  he 


rushed  into  the  street  and  fled  for  home 
as  fast  as  his  little  legs  could  carry  him. 
Bessie  could  never  coax  Pete  to  enter 
that  store  again. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
owner,  errand,  busiest,  behave,  habit,  sooner,  polite, 
city,  reach,  wooden,  everything,  mischief,  painted, 
usual,  trotted,  scared. 

Composition.  Write  a  little  story  about  a  dog,  and 
bring  it  into  the  class  to  read. 


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69 


27.     TWO    MEN   ON   THE   ICE. 


spa9e 
sig'iial 


PRONOUNCING   EXERCISE. 

loose  a  ware'  dan'ger 

slip'per  J        no'ti^ed 


drifting 


1.  Once  two  men  were  hunting  on 
the  ice  for  seals.  They  got  upon  a  large 
piece  of  ice  near  the  shore,  and  walked 
about  with  guns  in  their  hands,  ready 
to   kill   any   poor   seal   they   could   find. 

2.  After  many  hours  they  killed  a 
large  fat  seal,  and  were  preparing  to  re- 
turn home.  Suddenly  they  became  aware 
that  the  ice  on  which  they  were,  was 
moving,  and  was  carrying  them  away  out 
to  sea!       ^ 

3.  They  found  that  there  was  a  large 
space  of  clear  water  betAveen  them  and 
the  shore.  The  ice  had  broken  loose, 
and  had  been  drifting  away  for  some 
time,  although  they  had  not  noticed  it. 
Already  they  Avere  too  far  from  land  to 
get  back. 

4.  They  became  greatly  frightened,  as 


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they  had  no  boat  with  them.  They  knew 
not  what  would  become  of  them,  and 
began  to  fear  that  they  should  die  from 
hunger  and   cold. 

5.    The   ice  was   so   very  slippery,  that 

when    it  began 
1    moving  up  and 


down  with  the  waves,  they  were  in  great 
danger  of  sliding  into  the  sea. 

6.  The  poor  men  were  driven  about 
for  many  days,  thinking  every  day  would 
be  their  last.  They  had  lost  all  hope, 
when    one   morning,   to   their   great  joy, 


SECOND    READER.  71 

they  saw  a  ship  in  the  distance.  One 
of  them  held  up  his  coat  as  a  signal, 
and  a  boat  was  sent  to  bring  them  off. 
They  w^ere  so  weak,  from  want  of  food, 
that  thev  were  hardly  able  to  stand. 


LANGUAGE  LESSOX. 
Copy  this  on  your  slate,  making  a  little  story  of  it. 
Try  to  put  in  the  missing  words. 

Two   boys    were   playing  


right   in    the   of  the    street.     A 

which   was   running  came 


very   running    over   .       But 

they   to    the    side    of   the   , 

climbed  over  the .  out  of  danger. 


28.     WHAT   THE   BOYS    WOULD    BE. 
PRONOUNCiyG    EXERCISE. 

yarn         do^'tor  law'yer  com'forts 

plead        justice  wid^owg         stoop'ing 

of  fi(;e       hon'est  shab'by  black'smith 

1.    Four  or  five  little  boys  were  talk- 
ing   one    night    about    what    they   would 


72  SECOND    READER. 

do  when  they  grew  up.     One  asked  the 
tallest  of  them: — 

2.  '^What  are  you  going  to  be  when 
you  become  a  man,  Willie?"  ^^A  lawyer/' 
said  he;  ^^what  should  we  do  if  there 
were  no  one  to  give  us  justice?" 

3.  ^'Yes;  but  lawyers  don't  always  do 
what  is  right.  I  have  heard  that  some 
of  them  plead  for  those  who  can  give 
them    most    money/'    said   Charlie., 

4.  ^'Well,  but  I'll  not  do  that,"  said 
Willie.  ''I'll  look  out  for  widows  and 
orphans,  and  help  them,  and  see  that 
nobody  cheats  them.  But  what  are  you 
going  to  be,  Charlie?" 

5.  ''Oh,  I'm  going  to  be  a  doctor,  so 
that  I  may  ride  day  and  night.  I'll 
keep  four  nice  fresh  horses, — not  like 
Dr.  Gray's  shabby  ones."  At  this,  little 
Jamie  sprang  up  and  cried:  "Please, 
brother  Charlie,  let  me  shoe  all  your 
horses,  for  I'm  going  to  be  a  black- 
smith;: 

6.  The  boys  laughed;  and  Willie  said, 
"I  shall  never  be  ashamed  of  you,  Jamie, 


SECOND    KEADER.  73 

if  you  are  a  good,  honest  blacksmith; 
but  you  must  always  wash  your  face 
and  hands  before  you  visit  me  at  my 
oflSce." 

7.  ^'Oh  yes,  I  will,"  said  little  Jamie, 
quite  pleased.  ''Well,  then,"  said  Willie, 
''it  is  settled  that  papa  is  to  have  a 
lawyer,  a  doctor,  and  a  blacksmith  in 
his  family." 

8.  All  this  time  grandma  was  busy 
with  her  stocking,  and  at  her  feet  sat 
Harry,  the  pet,  sticking  pins  into  her 
ball  of  yarn.  "Here,"  said  grandma,  "is 
one  who  has  not  told  what  he  is  going 
to  be." 

9.  "Oh  no,"  said  Willie,  stooping  down 
and  taking  Harry  up  in  his  arms. 
"  What  are  you  going  to  be  when  you  're 
a  big  man  like  papa?"  Harry  put  his 
arms  around  Willie's  neck,  and  said: 
"When  I'm  a  big  man,  I'll  be— I'll  be 
— I'll  be  *  kind  to  my  mother." 

10.  "Darling  boy,"  said  his  grandma, 
"that  is  best  of  all.  Willie  and  Charlie 
may  be  great  men,  and  yet  be  no  com- 


74  SECOND    READER. 

fort    to    their    parents,    unless    they    are 
also  loving   and  kind." 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
asked,  nobody,  grandma,  lawyer,  cheats,  plead,  shoe, 
stooping,  windows,  office,  orphans,  honest,  papa. 


XII.      CONCERT 

PHONIC   DRILL 

The  sound  of  long 

y  is 

the  equivalent 

of 

1 ;    short 

ij,  of  1. 

^2)ell  by 

sound  and 

copij 

the  inarMngs. 

m-y 

m-i-ne 

li-y-mn 

1-i 

-nib 

d-ye 

d-ie 

1-y-n-x 

w 

-i-n-k-s 

Ih-y 

tia-i-ne 

m-y-th 

p- 

i-t'h 

29.     THE    LITTLE    ORPHANS. 
PRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

emp'ty        dowii'y        .chick'en§        home'less 
reply'         o' -elock'       queer'est         feaih'er§ 
eld'est         fern'ery      brood'ed         mo'ment 

Require  each  2)upU   to   memorize   a   stanza   or  more  of 
this,  for  recitation,  until  it  is  all  learned. 

1. 
Six  downy  chickens,   standing  in  a  row, 
Homeless  little  orphans,  knew  not  where  to  go. 
Who  had  killed  their  mother  ?     That  I  cannot  say. 
But  I  know  they  found  her,  at  five  o^clock  that  day. 


SECOND  KEADER. 


75 


I 


*'Peep/'  said  the  eldest,  ^^peep,"  the  other  cried, 
And  to  find  theii*  mother,  all  in  vain  they  tried. 
Susie  heard  them  calling,  ran  to  ask  them  why. 
But  her  eyes  that  moment  made  their  own  reply. 


Tender-hearted  Susie  tried  to  hide  a  tear. 
Saw  her  mother's  fernery,  standing  empty  near, 
In  it  placed  the  chickens,  and  above  them  spread 
A  nice  warm  feather  duster,  when  they  went  to  bed. 


4. 

Six  little  chickens,  fast  asleep  and  warm, 
Underneath  the  feathers,  safe  from  every  harm. 
There  each  night  they  brooded,  until  almost  grown ; 
That  was  the  queerest  mother,  I  have  ever  known. 

Words   to    be    Spelled.      Dictate  from   the  lesson: 
o'clock,  vain,  spread,  queer,  feather. 


76  SECOND    READER. 


XIII. 

CONCERT  PHONIC  DRILL. 

I. 

Breathing 

Exercise 

> 

II. 

Sound  a, 

a,  a,  a. 

(1)  Whisper.     (2)  Low 

(3) 

Loud. 

(4)   Yer^ 

i   loud. 

III. 

Inhale  slowly;    tli 

ten  give  the  sound  of 

long 

0,  prolonging  it 

as  long 

as  possible;  the  sound  of  a; 

of  e. 

30      MRS.   DAISY   AND   DR.   DON. 
PRONOUNCING   EXERCISE. 

•eloud'y  anx'ioiis  mam  ma'  ti'ny 

fev'er  shaking  bow'ing  grave'ly 

^ar'riage  cd6k'ie§  nod'ded  nap'kin 

swariow§  dressed  knocked  replied' 

1.  Don  and  Daisy  Dingle  were  play- 
ing with  dolls  one  cloudy  morning. 
Daisy  was  mamma,  and  Don  was  the 
doctor. 

2.  Two  of  Daisy's  dolls  wore  long  night- 
dresses; one  lay  in  the  cradle,  and  one 
she  held  in  her  lap.  Little  mamma 
looked  very  anxious,  while  Dr.  Don  felt 
the  pulse,  holding  a  tiny  watch  in  his 
hand. 


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SECOND    READER, 


77 


3.  -'0,  Doctor,"  said  Daisy,  ^^are  my 
babies  very  sick?"  ''Very,"  replied  Dr. 
Don,  '^I  shall  have  to  give  them  pills 
every  hour." 


I 


4.  '^0,  my  poor  babies!  Is  it  fever. 
Doctor?"  asked  Daisy.  Dr.  Don  looked 
wise,  and  shaking  his  head,  slowly  said: 
''Both  your  babies,  Mrs.  Daisy,  have  red 
fever  bad.  I  will  bring  you  some  pills." 
Bowing  gravely,  Dr.  Don  went  off  for 
the  pills.  >^ 

5.  Betty,  the  cook,  was  kind  to  the 
children,  and  gave  Don  some  bread  and 


78  SECOND    liEADEK, 

helped  him  roll  some  pills.  Don  said 
they  must  be  rolled  in  sugar,  or  the 
sick  babies   could  not  take  them. 

6.  Betty  gave  him  some  cookies  too, 
which  the  little  doctor  rolled  up  in  a 
napkin.      The    pills    he    put    in    a    box. 

He  then   knocked    at   the    nursery  door. 

«/ 

Mrs.  Daisy  opened  it  quietly.  Dr.  Don 
asked:  ^'Are  the  babies  asleep?''  Mrs. 
Daisy  nodded  her  head. 

7.  Dr.  Don  opened  the  napkin  and 
gave  Daisy  a  cooky,  saying:  '^I  fear  you 
will  take  the  fever,  Mrs.  Daisy,  if  you 
do  n't  eat  this  medicine.  I  may  take  the 
fever;    so  we  will  both  eat  some." 

8.  '^0,"  says  Mrs.  Daisy,  ^^my  babies 
are  awake."  Dr.  Don  at  once  opened 
his  pill-box,  and  gave  Mrs.  Daisy  a  pill 
for  each.  The  babies  seemed  to  take 
them,  but  I  think  Mrs.  Daisy  swallowed 
them. 

9.  Dr.  Don  said:  ^'They  must  take  a 
drive  at  once."  Babies  were  quickly 
dressed,  helped  into  the  doll-carriage, 
and  taken   to  grandpa  Dingle. 


SECOND    KEADER.  79 

10.  Daisy  told  grandpa  that  Don  Avas 
a  good  doctor,  for  his  pills  had  cured 
her  babies  of  "red •fever/'  Grandpa  said 
that  next  time  he  was  sick  he  should 
send  for  Dr.  Don,  and  Mrs.  Daisy  must 
be  his  nurse. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
cloudy,  helped,  doctor,  sugar,  quietly,  cradle,  napkin, 
opened,  knocked,  fever,  gravely,  nursery. 

5 

LANGUAGE  LESSON. 
^  he  copied  on  the  slate,   the  hlanlfs  to  he  filled  from 
the  words  given  in  the  list  helow. 

need         friend         company         quarrels         lig^ht 


^i^^^^%^^^;J%^i^^    _  ^  x/J.^^ y/^^^^/^^^^. 


80 


SECOND  READEK, 


SECOND  HEADER. 


81 


xrr.    coxcEiiT  rnoxic  drill. 
Uevietv  vowels,  first  gidng  clearly  the  sound  of  the  letter 
alone,  then  pronouncing  the  words  forcibly. 


a 

a-le, 

ai-m      i 

1 ' 

i-ii, 

p-i-11 

a 

ii-mi. 

ji-i't 

I 
o 

11-6, 

o-ld 

a 

a-11, 

1-aw 

() 

n-o-t, 

0-11 

a 

a-t, 

a-iid      j 

0 

in-o-ve. 

in-oo-n 

a 

4i-a-re, 

ai-r        1 

'  11 

ii-se, 

m-u-te 

a 

a-sk, 

t-a-sk    : 

u 

ii-p, 

t-ii-1) 

e 

m-e. 

ea-t       ! 

11 

u-r-ge, 

b-u-rii 

e 

e-nd, 

iii-e-t     1 

11 

p-ii-t, 

f-oo-t 

e 

h-e-r, 

ea-rn 

oi 

01-1, 

b-oy 

I 

i-ce, 

m-i-ne 

ou 

ou-t, 

ll-OW 

•31.     THE   WISE    OLD    HORSE. 

PROXo  rx(  rxc  uxerclse. 

mead'ow      Fan'ny  perhaps'  anofli'er 

arway§         to  getli'er     jjre  teiid§'  rairroad 

liitclied         past'iire        -care'ful  her  self 

1.  Let  me  toll  you  a  true  story  of  a 
horse  I  know,  named  Ben.  When  Ben 
was  young,  he  had  black  hair,  but  now 
he  is  old,  he  is  gray  and  homely,  and 
people  who  do  not  know  how  wise  he 
is,  think  he  is   only  an  old  farm  horse. 


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2.  Ben  has  a  sister  named  Fanny, 
and  she,  too,  is  old  and  gray,  but,  worst 
of  all,  she  is  bhnd.  In  some  way,  Ben 
has  found  this  out,  and  he  takes  great 
care  of  his  poor  bhnd  sister. 

3.  If  she  goes  into  a  corner  of  the 
fence,  Ben  is  afraid  she  will  hurt  her- 
self, so  he  gets  between  her  and  the 
fence,  and  crowds  her  out. 

4.  If  strange  horses  are  put  into  the 
lot  with  them,  Ben  will  keep  between 
Fanny  and  the  other  horses. 

5.  If  he  and  Fanny  are  hitched  to- 
gether to  the  wagon,  he  tries  to  draw 
the  whole  load,  and  Avhen  Fanny  tries 
to  pull  hard,  Ben  pretends  to  bite  her, 
as  much  as  to  say,  ^'You  keep  back, 
Fanny ;   /  am  able  to  draw  this  load." 

G.  But  if  another  horse  is  hitched  to 
the  wagon  with  Ben,  he  does  not  pull 
well,  but  seems  to  say,  ''I  am  old  and 
stiff,  so  I  will  not  draw  more  than  my 
share." 

7.  If  you  will  think  about  this  story, 
perhaps  you  will  find  some  good  things 


SECOND    READER.  83 

that  YOU  might  learn  from  the  old  farm 
horse,  Ben. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
people,  stranger,  together,  another,  blind,  stiff,  share, 
corner,  crowds,  perhaps,  hitched,  while. 

6 

LANGUAGE  LESSON. 

To  he  copied  on  the  slate,  the  blanhs  to  he  filled  from  the 
words  given  in  the  list  helow. 

yourself  stitch  nine  never 

done  do  tong'ue 


AT.      CONCERT  PHONIC    DRILL. 

I.  Breathing  Exercise.     Inhale  and  exhale  slowly, 
i  five  times. 

II.  Sound  the  long  vowel  sounds,  a,  e,  i,  o,  u, 
five  times  in  succession.  (1)  In  a  whisper.  (2)  Softly. 
(3)  Loudly.     (4)  Very  loudly. 

Km.  In  the  same  manner,  the  short  vowel  sounds, 
...... 


84 


SECOND  KEADEB. 


32.     THE    HUMMINO-BIRD    AND    THE 
BUTTERFLY.-A   FABLE. 

PBONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

home'ly  re  mem'ber  ^at'er  pil  lar 

Mt'ter  ing  friend  ex  claimed,' 


ful  nummini^ 
a  pretty  butterfly  flut- 
tering over  some  flowers  in  the  garden. 
2.  ^'I  Avould  like  to  have  you  for  a 
friend,"  said  the  httle  bird.  ^^But  you 
once  caUed  me  a  homely  worm/'  ex- 
claimed the  butterfly. 


SECOND    KEADEK.  85 

3.  "I  am  sure  I  don't  remember  it," 
said  the  humming-bird.  "You  called 
me  names,"  replied  the  butterfly,  ^'when 
I  was  a  dull-looking  caterpillar,  and  now 
I  prefer  not  to  have  you  for  a  friend." 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lessou: 
flowers,  remember,  prefer,  friend,  exclaimed,  worm, 
homely. 


33.     THE    CATERPILLAR. 
PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

bough         flit 'ting        buz'zmg         some 'thing 
crawl  spi'der         tiig'ging         an'swered 

earn  yel'low         splen'did       btit'ter  fly 

Have  this  memoHzed  for  recitation ^    it  can  he  used  in 
dialogue. 

1.  ''Caterpillar,  caterpillar, 

On  the  apple  bough. 
Tell  me  how  you  get  your  living, 
Do  you  earn  it,  now?" 

2.  '-Earn  my  living!"  answers  he; 
"What  a  thing  to  ask  of  me! 

I  for  work  was  never  made; 
Spinning  is  the  spider's  trade. 


86  SECOND    HEADER. 

3.    ''Tugging  ant  and  buzzing  bee, 
Toiling  all  the  day   1   h{h\ 
I  was  born  for  high(M-  tilings; 
Soon   on  red  and  yellow  wings. 
You  will  see  me  flitting  by, 
As  a  splendid  butterfly. 

-1.    "Work  is  something,  I  am  sure. 
That  I  never  could  endure; 
I  can  crawl,  and  I  can  eat 
Apple  leaves,  when  fresh  and  sweet. 
And  a  pleasant  place  for  me, 
Is  this  green,  young  apple-tree." 

t 

5.  ^'Caterpillar,  caterpillar. 

On  the  apple  bough. 
If  you  only  earned  your  living, 
I  would  spare  you  now. 

6.  ''  What  though  apple  leaves  are  sweet, 
Those  who  work  not,  should  not  eat; 
And  you  never  more  shall  be 

On  my  nice,  young  apple-tree." 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
apple,  trade,  bough,  earn,  toiling,  answer,  spinning, 
ant,  leaves,  buzzing. 


SECOND    READER.  87 


I.      THOmC  DRILL. 
To  show  that  c  has  the  sound  of  /t,  it  is  marked 
by   a  short   line    through   it,   thus — e;   to  show  the 
sliarp  sound  of  s,  it  is  marked  by  a  cedilla^  thus — 9. 

I  ^  =  k  I  I   g  =  8   j 


€-a-r  ^;-a-re  f-a-ge         m-i^e 

€-a-ll  €-6o-l  l-a-^e         s-i-n-^e 


I 


Spelling  Match.  Let  the  pupils  choose  sides.  Re- 
quire each  pupil,  in  turn,  to  give  and  sj)ell  the  name  of 
some  article  of  food.  Allow  no  word  to  be  repeated, 
and  require  each  pupil  that  fails  to  give  a  word,  or 
misspells  a  word,  to  be  seated. 


34.     THE    BROWN    BEAR. 
PROXO  UNCIXG   EXERCISE. 

-climb'er  gnaw§  scoops  creeps 

sniig'ly  wak'eng         -eoats  tliick 

blank'ets 

1.  The  brown  bear  lives  in  the  woods. 
He  is  a  good  climber,  and  likes  to  make 
his  home  in  a  hollow  tree.  He  is  very 
fond  of  wild  fruits,  of  which  he  finds 
plenty  in  the  forest. 


88  SECOND    READER. 

2.  He  is  also  fond  of  honey,  and  robs 
the  hives  of  the  Avild  bees.  The  wild 
bees  make  their  hives  in  hollow  trees, 
and  the  brown  bear  finds  them  out  by 
the  smell  of  the  honey. 

3.  When  he  finds  a  hive,  he  climbs 
the  tree,  and  for  hours  and  hours  he 
gnaws  the  bark  and  the  wood,  till  he 
makes  a  hole  large  enough  to  let  his 
paw  in.    >^ 

4.  There,  in  spite  of  the  stings  of  the 
bees,  he  thrusts  in  his  paw,  and  scoops 
out  lumps  of  the  comb  with  the  honey 
in  it.  Nor  does  he  stop  till  he  has  rob- 
bed the  poor  bees  of  all  their  store. 

5.  When  winter  comes,  the  bear  creeps 
into  a  hole  or  cave  under  the  thick  trees. 
There  he  makes  for  himself  a  bed  of 
leaves  and  twigs;  and  Avhen  the  snow 
comes,  it  covers  him,  and  he  lies  snugly 
hid  beneath  it.  He  closes  his  eyes,  and 
sleeps  during  the  rest  of  the  winter. 

6.  In  spring  he  wakens  up  again,  and 
begins  once  more  to  roam  about  the 
woods. 


SECOND    llEADEK. 


89 


7.  Men  no  to  the  forest  to  hunt  the 
bear.  They  wish  to  get  his  skin  to 
make  coats,  and  blankets,  and  muffs. 
They  also  eat  his  flesh,  and  make  oil 
from  his  fat. 


Wheu   the  reading   lesson   has   been  studied  copy  these 
sentences  and  Jill  the  hlanJcs  tvith  the  proper  ivords. 

The  ^^^'/  ^-bear   is  a   good  ^^^-A^:^  He 


IS       ;■  '  '    " 

and  — 


of   honey.      He 


the 


until   ho   makes    a 


large 


and    then    puts 


paw    in   and 


gets  the 


90 


SECOND    llEADEli, 


3. 


^\i 


Merry  spring,  will  you  bring 
Back  the  little  birds  to  sing'? 
I  am  sad,  make  me  glad, 
Grentle,  laughing,  merry  spring. 

Winter's  snow  soon  will  go 
'''         From  the  hills,  and  vales  below; 
Then  your  showers  will  make  the  flowers 
Over  all  the  hill-side  grow. 

Mother  said  they're  not  dead, 
Only  sleeping  in  their  bed; 
When  spring  rain  comes  again, 
Each  will  raise  its  tiny  head. 
Copy  the  words  that  rhyme;   as,  bring,  sing,  etc. 


SECOND  READER, 


91 


36.     "I   AM    OLD    NOW." 


PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 


rgad'y 

gariop 

stead' i  \j 

to  geth'er 

field§ 

bis'-cuit 

faVor  ite 

cany'ing 

served 

arway§ 

de  §erve' 

what  ev'er 

seized 

wished 

beat'en 

hand 'some 

\  1.  I  am  an  old  dog  now,  and  not  of 
\  much  use ;  but  still  my  master  is  very 
I  kind  to  me,  for  he  knows  that  I  served 
■  him  well  when  I  was  young  and  strong. 
2.  I  remember  when  he  was  a  very 
little  boy,  how  we  used  to  play  together 
Kin    the    fields.      Many    a   gallop   we    had 


92  SECOND    READER. 

3.  He  was  always  kind  to  me,  and 
never  beat  me.  He  knew  that  I  did  not 
deserve  to  be  beaten,  for  I  was  always 
ready  to  do  whatever  my  yoUng  master 
wished. 

4.  I  did  my  best  to  learn;  and  when 
he  was  teaching  me  anything,  I  looked 
up  into  his  face,  and  tried  all  I  could 
to  find  out  what  he  wanted  me  to  do. 
When  I  once  knew  a  thing,  I  never 
forgot  it. 

5.  I  used  to  trot  to  school  with  him, 
and  then  run  home.  He  is  a  big  boy 
now,  but  I  dare  say  he  remembers  how 
I  used  to  run  to  meet  him  when  I  saw 
him  coming^ 

6.  He  often  gave  me  his  bag  of  books 
to  carry  for  him;  and  I  was  very  proud 
when  he  did  so,  and  walked  home  by 
his  side,  carrying  it  steadily  all  the  way. 

7.  My  master's  name  is  George,  and 
he  had  a  little  sister,  named  Edith. 
Well,  Edith  one  day  was  sitting  out  on 
the  grass.  She  had  a  biscuit  in  her 
hand,  and  was  busily  eating  it. 


SECOND    READER.  93 

8.  A  large  hungry  dog  saw  her,  and 
came  running  up  to  seize  the  biscuit. 
I  was  lying  behind  a  bush  near  Edith, 
and  when  I  saw  the  strange  dog  com- 
ing, I  leaped  up  to  defend  her. 

9.  He  flew  at  Edith  and  tried  to  get 
the  biscuit;  but  I  seized  him  by  the 
neck  and  dragged  him  away.  We  had 
a  fierce  fight,  but  in  the  end  I  con- 
quered him. 

10.  Edith's  cries  soon  brought  her 
mother  out;  and  when  she  saw  that  I 
had  saved  the  little  girl  from  being  hurt, 
she  was  greatly  pleased. 

11.  She  told  George  of  it  when  he 
came  home  from  school,  and  I  became 
a  greater  favorite  than  ever.  Since  then 
I  have  had  many  happy  years  with  my 
master.  But,  as  I  have  told  you,  I  am 
an  old  dog  now,  and  cannot  serve  him 
as  I  used  to  do.        /> 

12.  George  has  got  a  picture  of  me, 
and  it  hangs  in  his  room.  From  it  you 
may  see  how  I  looked  when  I  was 
young.     I  was   a  handsome  dog  at  that 


94  SECOND    KEADER. 

time.  If  you  had  seen  me  then,  you 
would  hardly  know  me  now. 

13.  I  am  very  thankful  for  having  so 
kind  a  master.     It  would  he  well  if  there 

Avere  more  masters  like  mine.     Mv  mas- 

•J 

ter  says  he  will  never  forget  a  faithful 
old  servant  like  me,  though  I  am  only 
a  dog. 

14.  Bad  boys  sometimes  throw  stones 
at  dogs,  and  torment  them  in  a  variety 
of  ways.  A  good  boy  w^ill  always  be 
kind  to  dogs   as  well   as  other  animals. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
master,  forgot,  faithful,  served,  proud,  servant,  seize, 
gallop,  biscuit,  fierce,  always,  busily,  deserve,  picture. 


II.     PHONIC  DRILL.— SOUNDS  OF  CH. 

To  show  that  cli  has  the  sound  of  l;  it  is  marked 
with  a  short  line,  thus — eh;  to  show  the  sound  of 
sJi,  it  is  marked  with  a  cedilla,  thus — gh;  when  it 
has  the  sound  as  in  child,  it  is  unmarked. 

I   ch  I  I  ^h  -  k  I  I  gh  =  sh  | 

ch-I-ld  a-ehe  9h-ai-§e 

cli-oo-se  s-ch-oo-l  m-a-^h-i-iie 

ch-ai-r  t-a-ke  sh-ee-p 


SECOND    READER.  95 


37.    FRETTING. 
PR  ONO  VNCING  EXER  CISE. 

be  €au§e'      fret'ting     pra^'ti^e      gen'tle  man 

1.  "Now,  then,  children,"  a  gentle- 
man once  said  to  a  number  of  young 
people,  ''  I  have  a  rule  to  give  you  about 
fretting. 

2.  "It  is  a  very  short  rule,  but  it  is 
worth  your  while  to  remember  it.  Listen 
while  I' tell  you  Avhat  it  is,  and  then  try 
to  practice  it: — 

3.  "  Never  fret  about  what  you  caiit  lielp^ 
because  it  tvont  do  any  good ;  and  never  fret 
about  loliat  you  can  help,  because  if  you  can 
help  it,  you  shoidd  do  so.'' 

4.  "When  you  are  tempted,  then,  to 
fret  about  anything,  ask  yourself,  'Can  I 
help  this?'  If  you  can't,  don't  fret.  All 
children  should  remember  this  little  rule, 
and  begin  to  practice  it  while  they  are 
young. 

5.  "Everybody  in  the  Avorld  has  trials; 
and  the  only  way  to  be  happy  is,  not  to 


96 


SECOND  EEADER. 


be  wishing  for  what  Ave  cannot  get,  but 
to  be  content  with  what  God  has  given 
us;' 

Words   to   be   Spelled.     Dictate   from   the  lesson: 
rule,  fretting,  practice,  trials,  content. 

Slate  Work.     Write  from  memory  tlie  riile  in  the 
third  parag^raph. 


38.    PARTNERSHIP. 

Commit  to  memory  for  recitation. 

1. 
Yon  need  not  be  looking  round  at  me  so, 
She's  my  kitten,  as  much  as  your  kitten,  you  kn<nv 
And  I  '11  take  her  wherever  I  wish  her  to  go  ! 


SECOND    KEADER.  97 


You  know  very  well,  that  the  day  she  was  found, 
If  I  hadn^t  cried,  she'd  have  surely  been  drowned, 
And  you  ought  to  be  thankful  she 's  here  safe  and  sound  ! 

3. 
She  is  only  just  crying  because  she's  a  goose; 
I'm  not  squeezing  her — look,  now! — my  hands  are  quite 

loose ; 
And  she  may  as  well  hush,  for  it's  not  any  use. 

4. 
And  you  may  as  well  get  right  down  and  go  'way; 
You're  not  in  the  thing  we  are  going  to  play. 
And,  remember,  it  isn't  your  half  of  the  day. 

5. 
You're  forgetting   the  bargain  we  made — and  so   soon  ! 
In  the  morning  she's  mine,  and  yours  all  afternoon. 
And  xjou  could  n't  teach  her  to  eat  with  a  spoon ! 

G. 
So  don't  let  me  hear  you  give  one  single  mew: 
Do  you  know  what  will  happen,  right  offj  if  you  dof 
She  '11  be  my  kitten  mornings  and  afternoons,  too  !^ 

MARGARET   VANDEGRIFT. 

Oral  SPELLiN(i.     Dic^tate  the  words  that  rhyme. 


1 

LITTLE   WORDS   OFTEN 

MISSPELLED. 

Copy  these  words  on 

yo^^r  slates 

very 
truly 

city 
pity 

lily 

until 

which 
much 

there 
their 

98  SECOND    READER. 


39.     WORDS   THAT   DECi^IVE.    ' 
FBONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

aii'swered  de  ^eive'       o'clock'       a  fraid' 

ev'ery  thing        readier         course         worst 

1.  One  day  a  man  gave  his  son  some 
wood  to  saw.  The  boy  did  not  want  to 
do  such  work;  so  after  his  father  had 
gone  away,  he  threw  the  saw  down,  and 
it  broke. 

2.  ^'I  did  not  break  the  saw,"  said  the 
boy  to  himself;  "it  broke  itself"  He 
tried  to  deceive  himself  with  words,  but 
he  knew  in  his  heart  that  they  were 
false  words,  and  he  was  afraid  to  meet 
his  father. 

3.  One  day  a  mother  said  to  her  son, 
who  had  just  returned  from  school,  '^It 
is  six  o'clock,  and  your  school  closes  at 
four — where  have  you  been,  my  boy?" 

4.  "O  mother,"  said  Ned,  "when  we 
play  at  ball,  we  forget  everything  else. 
We  do  not  think  of  the  time,  or  of 
coming  home.     Is  tea  ready?" 


SECOND    READER.  99 

5.  The  boys  mother  was  deceived. 
Ned's  answer  led  her  to  think  that  he 
had  been  playing  with  his  mates.  But 
he  had  not  been  playing  at  all. 

6.  He  had  been  '^  kept  in "  by  his 
teacher,  because  he  had  not  learned  his 
lessons.  He  did  not  like  to  tell  his 
mother  that.  He  wished  her  to  think 
that    he    had  been  playing. 

7.  ''What  a  shame  and  a  sin  it  is  for 
you  to  try  to  deceive  your  mother,"  said 
something  in  Ned's  heart,  as  he  sat  down 
to  his  tea. 

8.  ''I  don't  care,"  said  the  boy  to  him- 
self, ''I  doii't  care.  I  did  not  tell  a  lie — 
I  did  not  say  that  I  was  playing." 

9.  ''  But,"  said  the  voice,  ''  you  used 
words  which  make  your  mother  think 
that  you  had  been  playing,  and  that  was 
the  same  as  if  you  had  said  so." 

10.  ''I  did  not  tell  a  lie,"  said  Ned. 
What  do  you  think,  my  little  reader? 

Did  Ned  tell  a  lie,  or  did  he  not?     I  am 
sure  you  will  say — ''Of  course  he  did." 

11.  If  we  use  words  which  are  intended 


100  SECOND    EEADER. 

to  deceive,  we  tell  a  lie;  and  Ned's  lie 
was  a  very  bad  one,  for  it  looked  so 
like  the  truth.  A  lie  that  looks  like  the 
truth  is  the  worst  kind  of  lie. 

Words   to    be   Spelled.     Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
heart,  truth,  deceive,  worst,  false,  wished,  lesson,  else. 

Sentence  Making.    Write  a  sentence  containing  the 
word  lie;   one  with  the  word  truth. 


IIL      PHONIC 

DIULL. 

To  show  that  g  has 

the  hard  sound, 

it  is  marked 

by  a  line  over  it,  thns 

-^o; 

to   show  the  soft  sound 

like  j,  it  is  marked  with  one 

dot  over  it 

thus— g. 

g  hard 

g    SOft=::j 

g-o         d-o-g 

g-i-11 

a-ge 

g-e-t      1-o-g 

g-em 

p-a-ge 

g-o-t      m-ti-g 

J-oy 

s-a-ge 

40.     TWINKLE,  TWINKLE,  LITTLE   STAR. 

Let  each  pupil  learn  one  stanza  and  write  it  on  the  slate 
or  hlacJchoard  from  memory,  observing  xmnctuation  and 
capitals. 

1.   Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  star; 
How  I  wonder  what  you  are! 
Up   above   the   world   so   high, 
Like  a  diamond   in   the   skv. 


SECOND    KEADEB.  101 

2.  When  the  glorious  sun  is  set, 
When  the  grass    with  dew  is  wet, 
Then  you  show  your  little  light, 
Twinkle,  twinkle,   all  the  night. 

3.  In  the  dark-blue  sky  jou  keep, 
And  often  through  my  curtains  peep; 
For  you  never  shut  your  eye, 

Till  the  sun  is  in  the  sky. 

4.  As  your  bright  and  tiny  spark 
Lights  the  traveler  in  the  d^rk. 
Though  I  know  not  what  you   are. 
Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  star! 


LANGUAGE  LESSON. 
To   he   copied  on   the  slates,  the   hianl's   to   he  filled 
hy  the  phrases  given. 

I  in  the  morning  |  |  up  on  the  shelf  | 

!  down  by  the  brook  |       |  out  in  the  field  | 

The  cows  are . 

Do  you  get  up ? 

Put  the  books . 


I  saw  some  flowers. 


102  SECOND    READER. 

41.     HOW   ROY   WENT   A-FISHING-. 
PBONOUNCINCr    EXERCISE. 


IVe 

worm             nib'ble 

pricked 

root 

twine             jerked 

coaxed 

trout 

iin'-ele            bask'et 
back 'ward 

fished 

1.  Roy  had  fished  in  the  ditch  by  the 
side  of  the  road  a  great  many  times; 
but  he  had  only  a  bent  pin  for  a  fish- 
hook,  and   a  piece   of  twine  for  a  fine. 

2.  He  never  caught  any  fish  there. 
When  he  was  six  years  old,  his  uncle 
James  gave  him  a  real  fish-hook  and  a 
line,  and  after  a  great  deal  of  coaxing 
his  mother  said  he  might  go  down  the 
cow-path  to  the  brook  and  fish  for  trout. 

3.  Uncle  James  caught  a  great  many 
trout  in  the  brook.  Alice  wanted  to  go 
with  Roy;  and  Roy,  who  is  very  kind  to 
his  sister,  asked  his  mother  to  let  her  go. 

4.  Alice  carried  the  basket — a  pretty 
large  one.  Mary,  'the  cook,  told  them  to 
be  sure  and  get  it  full  of  fish,  so  that 
she  could  frv  them  for  dinner. 


SECOND    READEK.  103 

5.  HoAV  proud  and  happy  they  were! 
Then-  mother  could  see  them  from  the 
window  all  the  time. 

6.  When  they  reached  the  brook,  Alice 
sat  down  on  a  rock.  Roy  put  a  worm 
on  the  hook,  and  dropped  the  end  of 
the  line  into  the  stream.  But  it  was  a 
long  time  before  he  got  a  bite.  At  last 
he  thought  he  felt  a  nibble.  ''I've  got 
one,  Ally!"  he  shouted.  "0,  such  a  big 
fellow!  You  will  have  to  come  and  help 
me  pull  him  out!" 

7.  They  tugged  away  on  the  line,  and 
then  they  both  fell  backwards. 

8.  ''There  he  is!"  cried  Roy.  But 
when  they  got  up  and  looked,  it  was 
not  a  trout  at  all.  It  was  only  a  piece 
of  a  black  root  that  broke  off  and  gave 
them  a  tumble. 

9.  Roy  tried  again,  and  after  a  long 
while  he  felt  another  nibble.  He  jerked 
the  line  out  so  quickly  that  the  hook 
caught  in  the  back  of  Alice's  dress.  It 
pricked  her  shoulder  so  that  she  had 
half  a  mind  to  cry. 


.104  SKOOND    READETl. 

10.    Eoy   could   not   get   the  hook  out 


JiMiM 

5*^ 

^ 

J^liK 

"9l 

r  ' 

1 

1^^ 

:4 

^^.."^^ 

wi 

r^* 

^ 

lf*i^ 

^;'.::^^ 

.^^ 

hm 

^H 

of  her   dress/  and   they  went   home   for 
their  mother  to  help  them. 

11.    Mary  laughed  at  Roy  a  good  deal.- 
She    told    his    uncle    James,    at    dinner 


SECOND    READER.  105 

time,  that  Roy  caught  the  biggest  trout 
she  ever  saw. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
ditch,  stream,  uncle,  twine,  nibble,  coaxing,  shouted, 
trout,  tugged,  dinner,  pricked. 


LANGUAGE  LESSON. 

Sentences  to  he  copied;  the  llanJcs  filled  from  phrases 
given. 

I  in  his  pocket  ) —  |  with  a  knife  | 

I  with  her  mother  j         \  by  careful  study  ^1 


We  can  improve  — 
George  has  a  knife 
He  cut  his  thumb  - 
AUce  is  walking  — 


IV.      r  HON  re   DRILL. 
'When  s  has  the  sharp  sound   as  in  siuij  it  is  un- 
marked j   to  show  the  soft  sound  like  z,  it  is  marked 
by  a  bar  under  it,  thus — §. 

I  s  sharp  |  |  §  soft  =:  z  | 

s-ee  tii-i-s  i-§  n-o-§e 

s-a-y  k-i-ss  h-a-§  t-o-e§ 

s-a-me  s-i-n-^e  b-ii-zz  eye-§ 


106  SECOND    READEE. 

42.     NEVER   LOITER. 
PRONOUNCING   EXERCISE. 

rdling  du'ty  loi'ter  farm'er 

par' gel  asked  tempt' ed       walked 

quick'ly  whom  stopped  washing 

biit'ter  flies  what  ev'er 

1.  A  little  boy,  with  a  parcel  in  his 
hand,  was  one  day  walking  along  a 
country-road.  He  had  five  miles  to  go, 
and  the  sun  was  very  bright  and  warm. 
It  was  hard  Avalking,  and  he  was  weary. 

2.  He  heard  the  birds  singing  in  the 
trees,  and  saw  the  butterflies  flitting  about. 
Everything  tempted  him  to  loiter  by  the 
way.  Yet  he  walked  along  very  quickly, 
thinking  that  the  faster  he  walked,  the 
sooner  he  would  be  at  home. 

3.  As  he  went  on  his  way,  he  heard  a 
cart  behind  him.  When  it  came  up  to 
him,  the  driver  stopped,  and,  having 
found  out  where  the  boy  was  going, 
kindly  asked  him  to  jump  up  beside  him. 

4.  The  boy  was  very  glad  to  do  so; 
and   as    they  drove  along,   the  driver,   a 


SECOND    HEADER.  107 

good  old  farmer,  began  to  talk  with 
him.  ''Do  you  know  why  I  asked  you 
to  ride  with  me?"  said  he.  "No/'  said 
the  boy. . 

5  "Well,  then,  my  boy,  let  me  tell  you. 
I  saw  you  walking  along  very  fast  and 
doing  your  duty,  and  so  I  asked  you  to 
ride.  But  if  I  had  seen  you,  with  that 
parcel  in  your  hand,  wasting  your  time 
playing  or  idling  by  the  way,  I  would 
not  have  asked  you.  I  like  to  help  those 
only  whom  I  see  doing  their  duty." 

6.  Boys !  think  of  what  the  old  farmer 
said.  Wherever  you  may  be,  whatever 
you  may  be  doing,  never  idle  or  play 
when  you.  have  work  to  do. 

7.  Whenever  you  feel  like  giving  up, 
remember  the  old  song: 

"When  a  weary  task  you  find  it, 
Persevere  and  never  mind  it." 

If  you  do  your  work  with  a  will,  it  is 
always  easier  for  you,  and,  as  you  see 
from  this  story,  you  will  be  thought 
better  of  by  others. 


108  .        SECOND    READER. 

* 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
parcel,  whom,  country?  duty,  weary,  loiter,  wasting, 
idling. 

Model  Questions.  What  does  loiter  mean?  What 
kind  of  boys  loiter?  What  kind  of  a  boy  was  this  boy? 
How  long  does  it  take  to  walk  five  miles?  Name 
some  place  that  is  about  five  miles  away. 

Give  anstvers,  orally,  in  complete  sentences. 

Oral  Expression.  Ask  your  pupils  to  tell  this  story 
to  you,  in  their  own  language. 

Oral  Spelling  Match.  Let  the  pupils  choose  sides. 
Dictate  words  selected  from  all  previous  spelling  lessons. 
Pupils  that  fail  must  ha  seated. 


43.     WILLIE'S    CARRIER   PIGEON. 

PBOKOUKCrXG   EXERCISE.  ^ 

pig' eon       •ear'ri  er      spriiik'le§     sea' -cap  tain 
voy'age      sherter       neigh'bor^    ^om'fort  ed 

1.  Willie's  father  was  a  sea-captain 
and  sailed  all  over  the  world.  On  his 
return  from  a  long  voyage  he  brought 
Willie  a  carrier  pigeon. 

2.  This  is  a  bird  that  looks  like  the 
dove  that  we  see  in  our  streets,  only  it 
has  been  taught  to  carry  letters  from 
place  to  place. 


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3.  Willie  was  very  fond  of  his  pigeon, 
and  loved  it  more  than  he  did  his  ^,  dog 
or  kitten. 

4.  Often  when  he  visited  his  aunt, 
who  lived  a  few  miles  away,  he  took  the 
pigeon  with  him.  Then  he  would  send 
it  back  home  with  a  letter. 

5.  Willie  would  tell  his  aunt  Avhat  to 
write.  Then  he  would  tie  the  letter 
around  the  bird's  neck,  and  away  it 
would  fly  towards-  home. 

6.  One  day  the  pigeon  got  lost  in  a 
storm.  Willie  had  sent  his  bird  home 
with  a  letter,  not  seeing  the  great  black 
clouds  that  were  filling  the  sky. 

7.  When  his  aunt  came  in  from  a 
neighbor's,  she  said,  -"Have  you  let  the 
pigeon  go,  Willie?"  Willie -told  her  it 
had  just  gone.  ••!  am  afraid  you  have 
done  wrong,"  said  his  aunt.  '^It  sprink- 
les, and  there  Avill  be  a  gale." 

8.  Willie  looked  out  and  saw  how  dark 
it  was.  ''  I  wish  I  could  call  him  back," 
he  said.  ''0,  I'm  so  sorry!"  But  the 
bird  was  far  away.     It  flew  over  a  large 


110  SECOND    READER. 

wood  where  there  was  a  big  boy  hunting. 
The  boy  fired  at  the  pigeon,  but  it  flew 
on  unhurt. 

9.  Then  the  wind  and  rain  struck  the 
bird,  and  drove  it  from  its  course.  The 
poor  httle  thing  tried  to  keep  on,  but  it 
was  no  use.  It  had  to  seek  .shelter 
among  the  hmbs  of  a  large  tree. 

10.  The  next  day  it  cleared  away,  and 
Willie  went  home.  The  first  words  he 
said  to  his  mother  were,  ''  Did  my  pigeon 
get  home  all  safe?" 

11.  Then  he  saw  by  his  mother's  look 
that  it  had  not  come.  ''  O,  dear,  dear !  " 
he  said,  ^^Avhat  made  me  send  it?  Per- 
haps it  has  been  blown  out  to  sea ;" 
for  the  sea  was  not  far  away. 

12.  All  that  day  Willie  would  not  be 
comforted.  His  eyes  were  red  with  cry- 
ing for  his  pet.  Before  night,  as  he  was 
standing  in  the  door,  looking  up  into  the 
sky,  he  saw  a  bird  flying  towards  him. 
Was  it  his?  ^^Yes,  it's  mine,  it's  mine!" 
he  cried.  '^0  mother,  my  birdie's  com- 
ing back!" 


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Ill 


13.  Nearer  and  nearer  it  carde,  till  at 
last,  Aveary  from  its  journey,  it  nestled, 
panting,  in  Willie's  arms. 


Back  from  the  wind  and  rain! 
Birdie,  lost,  is  found  again ! 

14.    And   Willie    never   let  his   pigeon 
go  out  into  another  storm. 


112  SECOND    KEADEE. 

44.     THE   LITTLE    HOME    SCHOOL. 
PBONOUNCINa  EXERCISE. 

sim'ple  wag'on  pleag'ure         joke 

sev'er  al  be  Keve'         piiz'zled  sug'ar 

1.  Near  Avhere  I  lived,  there  Avere 
several  small  children.  To  keep  them 
out  of  mischief,  one  of  the  older  girls 
played  school  and  was  the  teacher. 

2.  They  made  believe  they  had  a  room 
full  of  boys  and  girls,  and  tried  to  learn 
to  read  and  spell.  They  often  Avere  puz- 
zled over  words,  but  their  teacher  would 
make  them  try,  try  again. 

3.  They  soon  learned  to  read,  spell 
and  write  quite  long  words.  This  pleased 
them  very  much. 

4.  Stella  was  but  a  dot  of  a  girl,  but 
had  learned  to  spell  quite  long  words. 
She  could  even  spell  sugar  and  leave 
out  the  h,  though  she  thought  it  ought 
to  be  there,  and  often  put  it  in  to  make 
papa  laugh. 

5.  One  day  I  found  her  having  great 
fun    over    a   letter   her  big  brother  had 


SECOND     READER.  113 

sent    her.     He    had   made    it    very  plain 
and  simple  so  she  could  easily  read  it. 

6.  He  told  her  he  had  a  little  Avagon 
he  would  send  her.  '^Oh!  see,"  she  cried, 
*'  Jim  has  put  two  g's  into  his  wagon ; 
what  a  funny  boy  he  is."  Wagon  was 
one  of  her  new  words  and  it  had  given 
her  so  much   pleasure   to    remember  it. 

7.  The  big  brother  thought  it  a  good 
joke  to  be  corrected  by  his  little  sister 
Stella. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.      Dictate   from   the  lessou: 
beliere,  puzzled,  simple,  easily,  pleasure. 

45.     SPEAK   GENTLY. 
PliOXOUXCING   EXERCISE. 

a€'9ents  grieve  e  ter'ui  ty 

1.  8i)eak  gently!   it  is  better  far 

To  rule  by  love  than  fear; 
Speak  gently!   let  not  liarsh  words  nmr 
The  good  we  might  do  here. 

2.  Speak  gently  to  the  httle  child, 

Its  love  be  sure  to  gain; 
Teach  it  in  accents  soft  and  mild- 
It  may  not  long  remain. 


114  SECOND    READER, 

3.  Speak  gently  to  the  young,  for  they 

Will  have  enough  to  hear: 
Pass  through  this  life  as  best  they  may, 
'Tis  full  of  anxious  care. 

4.  Speak  gently  to  the  aged  one — 

GrrieA^e  not  the  care-worn  heart ; 
The  sands  of  life  are  nearly  run — 
Let  such  in  peace  depart. 

5.  Speak  gently! — 'tis  a  little  thing, 

Dropped  in  the  heart's  deep  well; — 

The  good,  the  joy  which  it  may  bring. 

Eternity  shall  tell. 

Require  pupils  to  learn  this  and  recite  it  in  the  class. 
Let  them  tcrite  the  first  stanza,  observing  punctuation, 
capitals,  and  indentation. 


46.     WILLIE   AND    HENRY. 

nwNO  uxcixa  exercisi:. 

match  ev'en  missed  with  out' 

^red'it  la'zy  pu'pil§  stiid'ied 

teach' er         cho§e  spelled  €or  rect'ly 

1.  Little  Willie  Strong,  and  Henry^ 
Slack  went  to  the  same  school.  Willie 
studied  his  lessons  and  was  ahvays  ready 
for  work  when  his  teacher  called  on  him. 


SECOND    KEADER.  115 

2.  Henry  was  a  lazy  bo}'^  and  loved 
play  iiiucli  better  than  study.  In  fact, 
he  never  would  study  if  he  could  get 
along  without  it. 

3.  One  day  the  teacher  had  a  s})elliiig 
match  in  school.  The  pupils  chose  sides 
and  then  spelled  to  see  who  could  win, 
by  spelling  correctly  the  most  words. 

4.  The  very  first  word  that  earner  to 
Henry  was  sure.  Now  he  had  seen  that 
word  a  great  many  times  in  his  reading 
lesson,  and  if  he  had  studied  it,  he  could 
have  spelled  it  correctly.  But,  as  I  told 
you,  he  was  lazy. 

5.  How  do  you  think  he  spelled  it? 
I  Avill  tell  you — s-h-a-r-e.  Then  the  pupils 
all  laughed,  and  Willie,  who  was  on  the 
other  side,  spelled  it  s-n-r-c.  '^  Right," 
said  the  teacher,  and  Henry's  side  lost 
one  credit. 

0.  Then  a  boy  on  Willie's  side  spelled 
where — w-/i-a-r-c,  and  missed  it.  The 
next  boy  spelled  it  correctly,  and  then 
the  sides  were  even  again. 

7.    The  next  time  around  Henry  spelled 


116  SECOND    KEADER. 

many — m-e-n-n-y^  and  missed  it,  and  so 
kept  on  missing  almost  every  word  that 
came  to  him.  He  spelled  even — e-a-v-e-ii 
and  until — u-n-t-i-l-L  Willie  did  not  miss 
a  single  word,  though  he  had  some 
pretty  hard  ones.  He  spelled  very^  and 
peojjle^  and  enough^  and  every, 

8.  The  next  time  they  chose  sides, 
Willie  was  almost  the  first  one  chosen, 
while  Henry  was  the  very  last.  No  one 
wanted  him,  for  he  missed  so  many 
words.     Which  boy  are  you  like? 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
studied,  spelled,  lazy,  credit,  match,  chosen,  pupils, 
even. 

See  if  you  can  spell  all  the  tvords  that  were  spelled  in 
the  spelling  game. 


r.     PHONIC 

DEILL. 

When   th  has  the  sharp  s 

sound   as   in 

thin,   it  is 

unmarked;   when  it  is   vocal 

as  in   this, 

it  is  shown 

by  a  short  line  joining  both  letters,  thns- 

-th. 

th  sharp 

til  vocal 

th-i-n          d-ea-th 

fli-e 

iii-a-t 

th-i-ck        b-r-ea-th 

ih-e-m 

lii-e-§e 

th-a-n-k      p-a-th 

ih-i-s 

th-o-§e 

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ii; 


47.     THE    CHILD   AND    THE    SWALLOW. 
PEOXOUXCIXG    EXERCISE. 

know'eth        wan'der      vain  win'dOw 

re  turned'       during       wercome      jour'ney 
de  light'  fly'ing         weaih'er      re  peat'ed 

1.  One  spring,  two  swallows  built  their 
nest  just  over  the  window  of  a  room 
where  a  little  boy,  named  Arthur,  slept. 

2.  No  one  touched  the  nest;   and  all 


118  SECOND    READER. 

the  long  summer  the  swallows  made  it 
their  home. 

3.  At  last  the  days  began  to  grow 
shorter,  the  cold  weather  came,  and  the 
birds  flew  away  to  another  land. 

4.  Arthur  looked  in  vain  for  his  little 
friends.  His  mother  told  him  that  they 
had  gone  to  a  warmer  land  far  over  the 
sea,  but  that  they  would  come  back 
when  spring  returned. 

5.  Winter  passed  away;  and  Avhen  the 
warm  sun  began  again  to  shine,  flocks 
of  swallows  were  seen  everywhere. 

6.  At  last  two  swallows  found  their 
way  to  the  window.  They  Avere  Arthur's 
old  friends,  and  they  knew  the  old  nest 
again. 

7.  In  the  morning  Arthur's  mother 
told  him  to  get  up  and  open  the  window, 
to  welcome  the  swallows  back  to  their 
old  home.  In  the  picture  you  can  see 
him  at  the  open  window.  He  seems  to 
be  talking  to  one  of  the  swallows. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
built,  weather,  swallows,  welcome. 


SECOND    KEADEK.  119 


JL    rnoyic  diull. 
The  sound  of   ng  is  unmarked;    when   n  has  the 
sound  of  mj  it  is  shown  by  a  line  under  it,  thus — n. 

I  ng  I  I  n^ng  I 


1-o-ng        r-i-ng  i-nk  th-a-n-k 

s-o-ng       h-a-ng  d-r-i-n-k       th-i-n-k 

s-i-ng        s-t-r-i-ng       w-i-n-k        s-i-n-k 


48.     WHO    STOLE    THE    BIRD'S   NEST? 
PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

€iick'6o  wisp  lis'ten 

plain' est  thief  to  ge&'er 

quick'ly  %g^  in  tmde' 

Yeriow-breast  Bob'o  link 

1.  From  the  top  of  the  tree 

Sung  little  Yellow-breast, 
Who  had  lost  her  nest, — 

^'  To-whit !    to-Avhit !    to-whee ! 

Will  you  listen  to  me? 

Who  stole  four  eggs  I  laid, 
And  the  nice  nest  I  made? 

2.  ^^ Bobolink!    Bobolink! 
Now  what  do  you  think? 


120  SECOND    EEADEE. 

Who   stole   a   nest   away 
From   the   plum-tree   to-day?" 

3.  Then    quickly    came   the   reply 
From   Bobolink: — ''Not  I; 
Not  I;    Not  I,  I  say; 

That's    not   at   all   my  way: 
I   would   not   have   you   think 
So.     Spink,    spank,    spink." 

4.  ''Not  I/'  said   the   Cow,— " Moo-oo  ! 
Such    a   thing   Fd   never    do. 

I   gave   you   a   wisp    of  hay, 
But   didn't   take   your   nest   away. 
Not   I,"  said   the   Cow, — "Moo-oo! 
Such  a  thing  I'd   never  do." 

5.  "Not  1,"   said   the   Dog, — "Bow-wow! 
Who    did   it,   I   do    not   know; 

I   gave   hairs    the   nest   to   make, 
But   the   nest   I    did    not   take. 
Not   i;'  said   the   Dog,— "  Bow-wow !  " 

{).    "Not   I,"   said   the   Sheep;    "0  nc5, 
I  wouldn't  treat    a   poor   bird   so. 
I  gave   the   wool   the   nest   to   line. 
But  the  nest  was  none  of  mine. 


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Baa!   baa!"  said   the   Sheep;    "O  no, 
I  wouldn't   treat   a   poor   bird   soJ' 

7.  But   still   Yellow-breast 

*     Moans   the   loss    of  her   nest: — 
''  To-whit !    to-whit !    to-whee ! 

Will   you   listen   to   me? 

t/ 

AVho    stole   four   eggs   I   laid, 
And   the   nice   nest   I   made?" 

8.  ^-Coo   coo!"  said   the   Cuckoo; 
^^Let   me   speak    a   word   too. 
Who    stole   that   pretty   nest 
From   little   Yellow-breast?" 

9.  ''Caw!    caw!"    said   the   Crow; 
''/  should   like   to    know 
What   thief  took   away 

A   bird's  -  nest   to-day." 

10.  ^- Cluck!    cluck!"  said   the   Hen; 
•Don't    ask   one    again! 

AVhy,   I   haven't   a    chick 
AVould    do   sueh   a   trick. 

n.     'We   all   gave   her   a   feather, 
And   she   wove   them   together; 


122  SECOND    EEADEB. 

I'd   scorn   to    intrude 
On    her    and    her   brood. 
Cluck!   cluck!"    said   the   Hen, 
^^  Do  n't   ask   me   again ! " 
Said    all   the    other   birds^ 
In    the   plainest   of  words^ — 

12.  ^^  Chirr-a-wirr !    Chirr-a-wirr ! 
We   will   make    a   great   stir! 
Let   us    find    out   his    name. 
And    all    cry,   'For   shame  1'^'' 

13.  "/  would    not    rob    a   bird/' 

Said   little    Mary   Green: 
'•I   think   I   never    heard 
Of  anything   so    meany 

14.  '-'Tis    very   cruel^    too/' 

Said   little   Alice   Neal: 
^'I   wonder   if  he   knew 

How    sad    the   bird   Avould    feel?" 

15.  A   little   boy   hung    down    his    head, 
And  went  and  hid  behind  the  bed; 
For   he    stole   that   pretty   nest 
From   poor   little   Yellow-breast; 


SECOND    HEADER.  123 

And   he   felt   bo    full   of  shame, 
He    did  n't   like    to    tell    his    name. 

L.    MARIA   CHILD. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
stole,  moan,  plum-tree,  thief,  wouldn't,  anything, 
plainest,  brood. 

Written  Expression.  Let  each  i)upil  write  on  his 
slate,  from  memory,  what  the  hen,  or  the  bobolink,  or 
the  cow  said. 


Vn.      PHOXIC   DRILL. 

The  sonnd  of  qu  is  equivalent  to  that 

of  K'lv ;    irh 

is  equivalent  to  hiv. 

qu  =  kw 

wh  = 

hw 

qu-ee-n        qu-i-te 

wh-y 

wh-a-t 

qu-ee-r         qu-i-ck 

wh-I-le 

wh-i-cli 

qii-i-U           qu-a-ck 

wh-i-te 

wh-e-n 

LANGUAGE    LESSON. 

Copy  these  sentences,  changing   them  into   questions, 
thus  : 

This  is  Mary's  reading -book. 
Is  this   Mary^s  readmg -hook ? 

Apples  are  good  to  eat. 
We  must  study  our  lessons. 
I  am  going  home  to-night. 


124 


SECOND    KEADEE, 


49.     THE   EAG-LE   THAT  MADE   A  MISTAKE. 
PBONOUNCIKG    EXERCISE. 

au'tumn        defense'  ea'gle      bush'eg 

Mt'tered       rat'tle  snake       shrill       mis  take' 


1.  One  brightj  sunny  day  in  autumn 
I  was  walking  over  the  hills,  looking  for 
the  late  autumn  flowers. 

2.  Suddenly,  there  came  from  far  above 
my  head,  a  clear,  shrill  cry,  as  if  some- 
one, or  something,  was  in  pain. 

3.  Casting  my  eyes  upward,  I  saw  an 
eagle;    slowly   flying    toAvard    the   woods. 


SECOND    EEADER.  125 

In  his  claws,  or  talons,  he  held  a  large 
snake. 

4.  It  was  the  cry  of  the  eagle  that  I 
had  heard,  and  I  was  curious  to  find 
out  what  was  the  matter. 

5.  The  snake  seemed  very  active. 
Again  and  again,  it  threw  back  its  head 
and  struck  at  the  bird,  every  time  trying 
to  reach  him  under  the  wing. 

6.^  At  each  stroke  the  eagle  would  cry 
out  and  at.  last,  he  threw  the  snake 
from  him,  as  if  in  great  fear. 

7.  Down  fell  the  snake,  end  over  end, 
and  landed  in  the  bushes  at  the  foot  of 
the  hill.  I  am  quite  sure  it  was  killed 
by  the  fall. 

8.  I  watched  the  eagle  as  he  slowly 
sailed  away.  Once  or  twice  his  wings 
fluttered  a  little,  and  then,  quite  sud- 
denly, they  came  together,  and  he  fell 
heavily  to  the  ground,  dead. 

9.  The  eagle  had,  by  mistake,  caught 
a  rattlesnake,  and  the  snake  had  killed 
its  captor,  in  self  defense. 

Oapy  the  last  paragraph  on  your  slate. 


126  SECOND    READER. 


50.     THE    DRINK   FOR   YOU. 
nWNO  UXCIXG    EXERCISE. 

dain'ty  yon'der  -catcli  fouut'aiii 


^^^^^^^/l^  t^i^U^^t^^  y/^^l-'yj^ 


"-/^/U^^^r^yCM^l^n^'  #2^^^  ^J^PYY^ 


SECOND    READER.  127 


'^"^   ^4^a4^^nJ ^i^ 


51.     SHIPS    AND    BOATS. 
PRONG  UNCING    EXERCISE. 

sail'or§       stretch        fast'ened  showed 
voy'age      ^ap'tani      qmek'ly     dehght' 
vSs'sel§       spar§  -t'or'ner^     hand'ker  chief 

1.  Tom  and  Martha  lived  in  a  house 
on  the  bank  of  a  river/  not  very  far 
from  the  sea.  In  the  picture  you  may 
see  the  end  of  the  house,  and  the 
brother  and  sister  at  play  on  the  green. 

2.  Every  day  ships  sailed  past  their 
home;    and   the    children   often  stopped 


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in  their  play  to  watch  the  vessels  pass 
up  and  down  the  river. 

3.  One  day  when  the  wind  was  blow- 
ing very  hard,  they  made  a  sail  with 
Martha's   handkerchief. 


4.  Putting  his  hoop  and  stick  on  the 
groundj  Tom  took  hold  of  two  corners 
at  one  side,  and  Martha  took  hold  of 
the  two  corners  at  the  other  side. 

5.  They  then  held  the  handkerchief 
against   the   wind.      Martha   was   almost 


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blown    over;     and    Tom   laughed   to    see 
their  sail   filled  by    the  wind. 

6.  When  they  went  home  they  told 
their  mother  what  they  had  been  doing. 
She  told  them  that  sailors  use  a  large 
sheet  for  a  sail;  but  instead  of  holding 
the  corners  with  their  hands,  they  fix 
the  sheet  to  a  long  pole  called  a  mast, 
and  stretch  it  with  spars  and  ropes. 

7.  Large  ships  have  a  number  of  sails 
fastened  to  their  mast;  and  by  means 
of  these  sails,  they  are  blown  along  over 
the    sea   from    one    country   to    another. 

8.  One  day  Tom  and  Martha  were 
taken  to  the  sea-side,  where  the  river 
that  ran  past  their  home,  ended.  Here 
were  a  large  number  of  big  ships. 

9.  How  the  children  clapped  their 
hands  with  delight  when  they  saw  a 
vessel  bounding  along  with  all  its  sails 
set  to  the  breeze. 

10.  When  they  got  home,  their  mother 
showed  them  how  the  sailors  can  roll 
up  the  sails  when  they  wish  to  stop  their 
ship,  or  not  to  go  so  fast  on  their  voyage. 


130  SECOND    EEADEE, 

11.  Tom  made  good  use  of  what  he 
had  learned,  for  he  made  a  httle  boat, 
and  showed  his  sister  how  to  sew  a 
sail  on  the  mast. 

12.  Then  they  took  it  down  to  the 
pond  in  the  garden;  and  the  wind  filled 
the  sail  and  blew  the  little  vessel  across 
the  pond. 

13.  Tom  says  that  when  he  becomes 
a  man,  he  will  be  the  captain  of  a  large 
ship,  and  that  he  will  take  his  sister  for 
a  long  voyage  over  the  sea. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
handkerchief,  clapped,  hoop,  breeze,  vessel,  becomes, 
blown,  across,  sailors. 

10 


LANGUAGE   LESSOK. 
Copy  these  sentences,  changing  them  from  questions, 
and   maJcing    each    one   tell    something.      See    the   last 
language  lesson  for  illustration. 

Do  you  like  to  go  to  school? 
Have  you  learned  your  lesson? 
Has  this  been  a  pleasant  day? 
Are  you  surely  fond  of  sugar? 


SECOND  READEK. 


131 


52.     THE   HARVEST-MOUSE. 
PliONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

€5'zy  fit'ted  this'tle  noth'ing 

biult  se'-cret  bar  Vest        pret'ti  er 

stalks  vglVet  twined  pro  vid'ed 

1.  The  harvest-mouse  is  a  pretty  Httle 
creature  that  runs  about  our  fields. 

2.  It  is  only  about  two 
inches  in  length,  and  its 
coat  of  brown  fur  is  so 
soft  and  thick  that  it 
feels  like  velvet. 

3.  Perhaps   you   think 
that  only  birds   build 
nests;    but    the    harvest- 
mouse  builds  one  too. 

4.  No  bird  can  make 
a  nicer  or  prettier  home 
for  its  little  ones  than 
this  mouse  makes. 

5.  You  may  sometimes  find  it  twined 
around  two  or  three  stalks  of  wheat,  or 


swmgmg 


from 
the  picture. 


a   thistle,   as   you  see  in 


132  SECOND    READER. 

6.  The  nest  is  a  small  round  thing, 
built  only  of  dried  grass.  It  is  so  close 
and  firm  that  one  of  them  has  been 
rolled  across  a  table,  and  yet  the  eight 
little  mice  inside  did  not  roll  out. 

7.  The  opening  is  so  small  that  it  is 
a  wonder  how>  a  mouse  can  get  in  or 
out.  The  harvest-mouse  keeps  this  secret 
to  itself. 

8.  When  winter  draws  near,  the  wise 
little  creature  leaves  its  summer  house, 
and  digs  a  winter  home  under  ground. 

9.'  It  lines  this  house  with  grass  or 
thistle  down,  to  make  it  soft  and  cozy, 
and  going  into  it,  soon  falls  fast  asleep. 

10.  It  lies  in  its  winter  nest,  safe  and 
warm,  till  spring  time.  It  never  awakes 
till  then,  and  so  it  knows  nothing  about 
frost  and  snow. 

11.  God  has  fitted  the  little  harvest- 
mouse  for  the  life  it  leads,  and  provided 
for  all  its  wants. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
velvet,  eight,  harvest,  secret,  twined,  cozy,  provided, 
swinging,  thistle. 


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53.     THE   BRAVE   LITTLE    HOLLANDER. 
PRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

dykes  -eloged  people  Hol'land 

earth  stayed         scarcely  trickling 

a  lone'         breach         eVen  ing         hap'pened 

1.  In  some  parts  of  Holland  the  land 
lies  so  low,  that  the  people  have  to 
build  great  walls  of  sand  and  earth,  to 
keep  out  the  sea.  These  walls  are  called 
dykes. 

2.  Sometimes  the  waves  break  down 
these  walls,  and  then  the  sea  rushes  in 
through  the  breach,  and  spreads  over 
the  land. 

3.  Houses  and  trees,  cattle  and  sheep, 
have  thus  been  washed  away,  and  many 
people  drowned. 

4.  Once,  when  a  little  boy  was  going 
home  in  the  evening,  he  saw  a  hole  in 
one  of  the  dykes,  through  which  the 
water  was  trickling. 

5.  His  father  had  often  told  him  that 
when   this    happened,    unless   the    Avater 


134  SECOND    EEADEB. 

was  stopped  it  would  soon  make  the  hole 
so  big  that  the  sea  would  flow  over  the 
land. 

6.  At  first,  he  thought  he  would  run 
home  and  tell  his  father.  But  then  he 
said  to  himself*  ^'  It  may  be  dark  before 
father  can  come,  and  we  shall  not  be 
able  to  find  the  hole  again.  Or  it  may 
get  so  large  that  it  will  be  too  late  to 
stop  it.  I  must  stay  now,  and  do  the 
best  I  can  alone." 

7.  The  brave  little  boy  sat  down,  and 
put  his  hand  in  the  hole,  to  keep  back 
the  water.  There  he  stayed,  hour  after 
hour,  in  the  cold  and  the  dark,  all 
through  the  night. 

8.  In  the  morning,  a  man  came  past 
and  saw  him.  He  could  not  think  what 
the  boy  was  doing  there.  So  he  called 
out  to  him — 

9.  ''What  are  you  doing,  there,  my 
boy?" 

''There  is  a  hole  in  the  dyke,"  said 
the  boy,  "  and  I  am  keeping  back  the 
water." 


SECOND    READER.  135 

10.  Poor  little  boy!  he  was  so  cold 
and  tired  that  he  could  scarcely  sj>eak. 

11.  The  man  came  quickly  and  set 
him  free.  He  got  the  hole  closed  up, 
and  thus  the  land  was  saved — thanks  to 
the  brave  little  Hollander! 

Let  the  pupil  tell  this  story  to  you,  in  his  own  language. 


nil.      PHONIC  DRILL. 

When   X  has   the    sound   of 

TiSj 

it 

is   unmarked  J 

when  it  has  the  sound  of  gz,  it 

is 

shown  by  a  bar 

under  it,  thus — 5. 

x  =  ks 

1   X=gZ 

0-x        a-x        b-a-cks 

exact 

b-o-x     w-a-x    1-a-cks 

e^iample 

11 

LANGUAGE   LESSON. 

Arrange  these  words  so  as  to  make  sentences,  and 

copy 

them  on  the  slate. 

1. 

when,  Work,  you,  you,   play,   and. 

when,  play,  work. 

2. 

bird,  two,  bush,  the,  hand,  worth. 

is.  A,  the,  in,  in. 

3. 

book,  this,  lying,  table,  Whose,  is. 

the,  on? 

136 


SECOND  READER, 


54.     THE   LITTLE    SNOW-SHOVELER. 
PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

whist'ling         pad'dling         shov'el    mer'ri  ly 
shourder  ing    shov'el  ing      search     ne'iiiier 

1.    Merrily  whistling  along  the  street, 

With  his  little  nose,  his  hands  and  feet 


SECOND    READER.  137 

Sharply  bitten  by  old  Jack  Frost, 
His  curly  hair  by  the  rude  wind  tossed, 
Anned  with  his  shovel,  goes  Ned  Magee; 
In  search  of  some  work,  of  course,  is  he. 

2.  Brave  little  chap !   't  is  little  he  cares 
For   old   Jack   Frost;    and  the   storm  he 

dares. 
With  a  merry  face  and  a  merry  song. 
As  through  the  snow  he  paddles  along — 
This    blue-eyed    lad  —  o'er    the    slippery 

street. 
Hoping  the  chance  of  a  job  to  meet. 

3.  Give  him  a  dime  and  see  him  work : 
Ned  is  not  a  bit  of  a  shirk; 

In  goes  his  shovel  with  might  and  main. 
Making  the  snow  fly  off  like  rain, — 
Here,  there,  and  everywhere,  in  a  trice. 
Till  your  walk  is  made  all  clean  and  nice. 

4.  Then,  cheeks  as  red  as  the  reddest  rose. 
Shouldering  his  shovel,  off  he  goes; 
Merrily  whistling  on  his  way, 

His  boyish  heart  so  happy  and  gay. 
That  neither  for  wind  nor  frost  cares  he. 
This  httle  snow-shoveler,  Ned  Magee. 

MARY  D.   BRINE. 


138 


SECOND  KEADER, 


peck 
E'dith 


55.     THE    ROBIN'S    VISIT. 
PHONO  UNCING  EXERCISES, 

ought  Till  a'ble 

crumb§  ihere'fore 


whole 
re  main' 


1.  Edith  is  very  fond  of  birds.  She 
is  always  kind  to  them,  and  they  seem 
to  know  that  she  is  their  friend. 

2.  In  the  warm  weather  she  sees  them 
come  in  flocks  to  eat  the  ripe  fruit, 
which  grows  in  her  father's  garden. 

3.  But  she  never  drives  her  little 
friends  away.  She  says  that  they  are 
God's  birds,  and  ought,  therefore,  to  have 


SECOND    READEK.  139 

some  of  the  fruit  Avhich  God  causes  to 
grow. 

4.  In  winter,  when  the  trees  are  bare, 
and  the  ground  is  covered  with  snow, 
the  birds  are  unable  to  find  much;  but 
Edith  does  not  forget  her  friends. 

5.  She  knows  that  some  of  the  birds 
have  been  taught  by  God  to  fly  away  to 
warmer  lands,  where  there  is  plenty  of 
food  to  be  found  during  the  whole  year. 

6.  But  she  knows,  also,  that  some  of 
them  remain  to  do  the  best  they  can 
through  the  long  cold  winter. 

7.  Every  morning,  therefore,  she  opens 
the  window  and  throws  out  a  handful 
of  crumbs  for  her  feathered  friends,  as 
you  may  see  her  doing  in  the  picture. 

8.  They  are  never  afraid  to  come. 
Sometimes  they  even  hop  into  the  room, 
and  pick  up  any  crumbs  that  are  on  the 
floor. 

9.  Edith  loves  one  little  bird  more 
than  she  loves  any  of  the  others.  It  is 
a  robin.  She  is  saying  ^^Good-morning" 
to  it  now,  as  it  hops  to  the  window. 


L 


140  SECOND    READEB. 

10.  The  robin  trusts  Edith  so  much 
that  it  will  peck  at  the  window  for  food^ 
or  hop  on  her  shoulder,  or  pick  the 
crumbs  out  of  her  hand. 

Dictation.     Dictate   the   last  paragraph   for   writing; 
let  pupils  exchange  slates  and  correct  errors. 

12 


LANGUAGE  LESSOX. 
Arrange  the  tvords  helow  so  as  to   make  a  sentence 
from  each  set,  and  copy  on  the  slate. 

1.  mend,  is,  late,  too,  to,  never.  It. 

2.  worth,  well,  What,  is,  doing,  worth, 

doing,  is. 

3.  feather,  of.  Birds,  a,  together,  flock. 

4.  had.  Who,  best,  to-day,  lesson,  the. 

5.  bed,  to.  Early,  rise,  makes,  healthy, 

and,    to,    will,    a,   wealthy,   wise, 
boy,  and,  early,  and. 


IX.     PHONIC 

DRILL. 

The  teacher  should  call  the  attention  of  pupils  to 

the  position  of  the  organs  of 

speech  in  making  these 

difficult  sounds. 

W 

y 

w-i-n          w-e-t 

^.g-t         y-g-U 

w-i-t           w-a-ke 

y-e-s          y-o-u 

SECOND    HEADER.  141 


56.     SEVEN   TIMES    ONE. 
PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

marsh  yeriow  cuck'oo-pint  for  glv'en 

mon'ey  fold'ed  pow'dered  wrap'per 

pur'ple  lin'net  some'thing  ^lap'per 

dai'sies  noth'ing  tur'tle-doves  ■corum  bine 

Teach  this  fo    the  little  girls   of  the   class ^  for    concert 
recitation. 

1. 

There  ^s  no  dew  left  on  the  daisies  and  clover, 

There  ^s  no  rain  left  in  heaven  j 
I've  said  my  "seven  times"  over  and  over, 

Seven  times  one  are  seven. 

2. 

I  am  old,  so  old,  I  can  write  a  letter; 

My  birthday  lessons  are  done; 
The  lambs  play  always,  they  know  no  better; 

They  are  only  one  times  one. 

3. 
O  moon !   in  the  inght  I  have  seen  you  sailing, 

And  shining  so  round  and  low; 
You  were   bright !    ah  bright !    but  your  light   is 
failing — 
You  are  nothing  now  but  a  bow. 


142  SECOKB    HEABEB. 

4. 

You  moon,  have  you  done  something  wrong  in 
heaven, 

That  God  has  hidden  your  face  ? 
I  hope  if  you  have,  you  will  soon  be  forgiven, 

And  shine  again  in  your  place. 

5. 

O  velvet  bee,  you're  a  dusty  fellow, 
YouVe  powdered  your  legs  with  gold! 

O  brave  marsh  mary-buds,  rich  and  yellow, 
Grive  me  your  money  to  hold. 

6. 

0  columbine,  open  your  folded  wrapper. 
Where  two  twin  turtle-doves  dwell! 

0  cuckoo-pint,  toll  me  the  purple  clapper 
That  hangs  in  your  clear  green  bell. 

7. 
And  show  me  your  nest  with  the  young  ones  in  it, 
I  will  not  steal  it  away; 

1  am  old !     You  may  trust  me,  linnet,  linnet, 
I  am  seven  times  one  to-day. 

Jean  Ingelow. 

Slate  "Work.     Copy  the  first  two  stanzas. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
there's,  daisies,  wrong,  you're,  wrapper,  columbine, 
linnet,  money. 

Require  each  jmpil  to  write  an  answer  to  the  letter 
on  the  next  page. 


SECOND    READEB,  143 


%?d^^^€^7t^ 


dJ^  yCe^C^  y^T^-^^-U^l^ 


144  SECOND    READER. 

57.     THE    SPIDER. 

PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE, 


task             in' side 

fast 'en 

notched 

edge             isrand 

ridg'es 

threads 

pounce        rob'ber 

weav'er 

ma' sons 

lion'ey-eomb 

wifti  out' 

hlun'ders 

1.  The  spider  loves  work.  He  begins 
to  work  as  soon  as  he  begins  to  Uve. 
Every  spider  is  born  a  weaver.  Even 
the  youngest  spider  knows  how  to  weave 
his  web  just  as  well  as  the  oldest. 

2.  The  spider  never  has  to  go  to 
school  to  learn  his  task.  So,  the  little 
duck  can  swim  as  soon  as  it  is  hatched. 
And  the  little  bird  can  build  its  nest, 
and  the  bee  can  make  the  honey-comb, 
without  any  teaching. 

3.  God  has  given  these  creatures  the 
power  to  do  their  work.  That  is  why 
they  never  make  any  blunders.  Not 
all  the  weavers  and  spinners  in  the 
world  could  beat  the  spider  in  the  Avork 
that  he  does. 

4.  The    spider    is    never    in    a    hurry. 


SECOND    READER. 


145 


H(3  always  takes  caro  to  make  every 
thread  fast.  He  takes  a  pride  in  doing 
his  work  well. 

T).    All  spiders  have 
not  the  same  kind 
of  work  to  do.    But     5 
they    all    do    it    in 
the  very  best  way. 
Some    spider^s    are 
masons,    and   huild 
houses    the  size  of 
II  big  thimble.    They 
make  doors  to  them, 
which  they  shut  when  '^ 
they  go  in. 

G.  It  is  even  said  that  they  are  able 
to  fasten  the  door  of  the  house  inside, 
so  that  no  robber  can  get  in. 

7.  The  garden  spider  lets  its  threads 
float  in  the  air  till  they  happen  to  take 
hold  of  plants  or  branches  of  trees.  It 
then  uses  these  threads  as  the  roads  or 
bridges  by  which  it  crosses  from  place 
to  place. 

8.  A  strange  story  is  told  of  a  spider 


136 


SECOND  HEADER, 


54.     THE    LITTLE    SNOW-SHOVELER. 
PRONOUNCING  EXERCISE. 

whist'ling         pad'dling         shov'el    mer'ri  ly 
•shourder  ing    shov'el  ing      search     ne'itiier 

1.    Merrily  whistling  along  the  street, 

With  his  little  nose,  his  hands  and  feet 


SECOND    READER.  133 


53.     THE    BRAVE    LITTLE    HOLLANDER. 
PRONOUNCING    EXERCISE. 

dykes  ^loged        ■  people  Hol'land 

earth  stayed         scarcely  trickling 

a  lone'         breach         eVen  ing         hap'pened 

1.  In  some  parts  of  Holland  the  land 
lies  so  low,  that  the  people  have  to 
build  great  walls  of  sand  and  earth,  to 
keep  out  the  sea.  These  Avails  are  called 
dykes. 

2.  Sometimes  the  waves  break  doAvn 
these  walls,  and  then  the  sea  rushes  in 
through  the  breach,  and  spreads  over 
the  land. 

3.  Houses  aud  trees,  cattle  and  sheep, 
have  thus  been  washed  away,  and  many 
people  drowned. 

4.  Once,  when  a  little  boy  was  going 
home  in  the  evening,  he  saw  a  hole  in 
one  of  the  dykes,  through  which  the 
water  was  trickling. 

5.  His  father  had  often  told  him  that 
when    this    happened,    unless    the    water 


148  SECOND    KEADEK. 

5.  He  had  a  little  room  in  the  top  of 
his  cage  to  sleep  in,  and  he  had  a  piece 
of  flannel  for  his  bed.  When  he  was 
frightened,  or  the  boys  teased  him,  he 
would  run  up  into  his  chamber  and  hide. 


6.  After  a  little  while  Harold  let  him 
out  of  the  cage  every  day.  He  would 
follow  Harold  all  about  the  house.  He 
would  sit  on  his  shoulder  and  eat  nuts. 
When  Bobby  had  eaten  all  the  nuts  he 
wanted,  he   would    hide   the   rest  under 


SECOND    HEADER.  149 

the  door-mat,  and  pat  them  down  with 
his  feet. 

7.  Harold  could  hug  him  and  pot  him, 
and  Bobby  was  never  cross.  Harold 
never  forgot  to  feed  him.  He  had  a 
number  of  j^ets,  but  Bobby  always  had 
breakfast  first. 

Words  t(j  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  the  lesson: 
gray,  teased,  pea-nuts,  chamber,  breakfast,  flannel, 
eaten,  happiest. 

13 

LAXG  UA  GE    LESSOX. 

^Yrite  these  sentences,  puttiny  in  the  right  word  to  tell 
what  is  meant. 

y^t^^ ^e^^. 

4^. JUi^y. 


/^J^i7?Z^. 


132  SECOND    BEADEK. 

6.  The  nest  is  a  small  round  thing, 
built  only  of  dried  grass.  It  is  so  close 
and  firm  that  one  of  them  has  been 
rolled  across  a  table,  and  yet  the  eight 
little  mice  inside  did  not  roll  out. 

7.  The  opening  is  so  small  that  it  is 
a  wonder  how  a  mouse  can  get  in  or 
out.  The  harvest-mouse  keeps  this  secret 
to  itself 

8.  When  Avinter  draws  near,  the  wise 
little  creature  leaves  its  summer  house, 
and  digs  a  winter  home  under  ground. 

9.  It  lines  this  house  with  grass  or 
thistle  down,  to  make  it  soft  and  cozy, 
and  going  into  it,  soon  falls  fast  asleep. 

10.  It  lies  in  its  winter  nest,  safe  and 
warm,  till  spring  time.  It  never  awakes 
till  then,  and  so  it  knows  nothing  about 
frost  and  snow. 

11.  God  has  fitted  the  little  harvest- 
mouse  for  the  life  it  leads,  and  provided 
for  all  its  wants. 

Words  to  be  Spelled.  Dictate  from  tlie  lesson: 
velvet,  eight,  harvest,  secret,  twined,  cozy,  provided, 
swinging,  thistle. 


SECOND    READER.  129 

blown    over;     and    Tom    laughed    to    see 
their  sail   filled  by    the  wind. 

G.  When  they  went  home  they  told 
their  mother  what  they  had  been  doing. 
She  told  them  that  sailors  use  a  large 
sheet  for  a  sail;  but  instead  of  holding 
the  corners  Avith  their  hands,  they  fix 
the  sheet  to  a  long  pole  called  a  mast, 
and  stretch  it  with  spars  and  ropes. 

7.  Large  ships  have  a  number  of  sails 
fastened  to  their  mast;  and  by  means 
of  these  sails,  they  are  blown  along  over 
the   sea   from    one    country   to    another. 

8.  One  day  Tom  and  Martha  were 
taken  to  the  sea-side,  where  the  river 
that  ran  past  their  home,  ended.  Here 
were  a  large  number  of  big  ships. 

9.  How  the  children  clapped  their 
hands  with  delight  when  they  saw  a 
vessel  bounding  along  with  all  its  sails 
set  to  the  breeze. 

10.  Wh(>ii  they  got  home,  their  mother 
showed  them  how  the  sailors  can  roll 
up  the  sails  when  they  wish  to  stop  their 
ship,  or  not  to  go  so  fast  on  their  voyage. 


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SECOND  HEADEK. 


60.     "A   MERRY   CHRISTMAS,   G-RANDPA!" 


1.    ''My   dear    children/"'   said    Grandpa 
Snow,   ^'I   thank   you   for   your  pleasant 


SECOND    READER.  153 

gifts  and  your  kind  wishes.  Sixty  years 
ago,  I  was  young  and  active  like  you. 
I  was  not  a  bad  boy;  but  I  sometimes 
would  be  so  heedless  as  not  to  mind 
what  my  dear  mother  said  to  me. 

2.  "One  fine  Christmas  day  she  said  to 
me,  ^Now,  Charles,  do  not  go  to  the 
pond  to-day,  for  the  ice  is  thin;  and,  if 
you  should  break  through,  it  would  be 
a  sad  thing  for  me.' 

3.  ''  But  when  I  went  out  of  doors,  and 
saw  the  boys  with  their  sleds  and  skates 
on  the  ice,  I  thought  to  myself,  'The 
boys  know  more  than  the  Avomen  do 
about  the  ice.  I  think  I  may  take  some 
slides  on  it.' 

4.  "So  I  went  on  the  ice.  But  I  had 
not  gone  far  when  it  began  to  bend,  and 
then  to  break;  and  then  down  I  went 
into  the  cold,  cold  water." 

5.  "O  grandpa!  how  did  you  get  out? 
Were  you  drowned  ? "  asked  Emma. 
Grandpa  smiled,  and  said,  "If  I  had 
been  drowned,  my  dear  child,  how  could 
I  be  here  to  tell  you  of  it?     No,  I  was 


144  SECOND    BEADEB. 

57.     THE    SPIDER. 

PRONOUNCING  EXEBCISE. 

task*  in' Side  fast 'en  notched 

edge  isl'and  ridg'es  threads 

pounce        rob'ber  weav'er  ma' sons 

h6n'ey-€omb  with  out'  blun'ders 

1.  The  spider  loves  work.  He  begins 
to  work  as  soon  as  he  begins  to  Uve. 
Every  spider  is  born  a  weaver.  Even 
the  youngest  spider  knows  how  to  weave 
his  web  just  as  well  as  the  oldest. 

2.  The  spider  never  has  to  go  to 
school  to  learn  his  task.  So,  the  little 
duck  can  swim  as  soon  as  it  is  hatched. 
And  the  little  bird  can  build  its  nest, 
and  the  bee  can  make  the  honey-comb/ 
without  any  teaching. 

3.  God  has  given  these  creatures  thc^ 
power  to  do  their  work.  That  is  why 
they  never  make  any  blunders.  Not 
all  the  weavers  and  spinners  in  the 
world  could  beat  the  spider  in  the  work 
that  he  -does. 

4:.    The    spider    is    never    in    a    hurry. 


SECOKD    BEABEB.  141 


56.     SEVEN   TIMES    ONE. 

rnoxouKCiNG  exercise. 
marsh      yeriow       cuck'oo-pmt     for  giv'en 
mon'ey     fold'ed       pow'dered        wi'ap'per 
pur'ple     lin'net        some'thing       ^lap'per 
dai'sies    noth'ing     tur' tie-doves    ^orum  bine 

Teach  this  to   the  little  girls   of  the  class,  for    concert 
recitation. 

1. 

There's  no  dew  left  on  the  daisies  and  clover, 

There's  no  rain  left  in  heaven; 
I've  said  my  "seven  times"  over  and  over, 

Seven  times  one  ■  are  seven. 

f 

2. 

I  am  old,  so  old,  I  can  write  a  letter; 

My  birthday  lessons  are  done; 
The  lambs  play  always,  they  know  no  better; 

They  are  only  one  times  one. 

3. 

0  moon!   in  the  night  I  have  seen  you  sailing. 

And  shining  so  round  and  low; 
You  were  bright !    ah  bright !    but  your  light   is 
failing — 

You  are  nothing  now  but  a  bow. 


156  SECOND    READER. 

school;  but  there  is  one  page  in  AVilUe's 
book^  which  is  not  only  better  than 
Charlie's  but  better  than  any  other  page 
in  Willie's  own  book.  His  book,  there- 
fore, gains  the  prize." 

4.  Willie's  heart  beat  high  with  joy, 
though  not  unmixed  with  fear.  He  went 
up  to  the  gentleman  and  said,  ^'Please, 
sir,  may  I  see  that  page?"  "Certainly," 
said  the  gentleman,  looking  a  little  sur- 
prised. 

5.  Willie  glanced  at  the  page,  and 
then  handing  back  the  book,  he  said, 
'^  Please,  sir,  that  is  not  my  writing.  It 
was  written  by  an  upper-class  boy,  who 
took  my  book  by  mistake  one  day  instead 
of  his  own." 

6.  "Oh,  oh!"  said  the  gentleman,  "that 
alters  the  case;"  and  after  comparing  the 
books  again  very  carefully,  he  gave  the 
prize  to  Charlie. 

7.  The  boys  laughed  at  Willie.  "What 
a  fool  you  were,  Willie,  to  say  anything 
about  it! "  said  one  of  them.  "I  would  n't 
have  told, — the  page  was  in  your  book." 


SECOND    HEADER.  157 

8.  Willie  heard  all  that  they  had  to 
say,  and  then  quietly  replied:  "It  would 
not  have  been  the  truth,  if  I  had  not 
told  who  wrote  that  page.  I  had  rather 
tell  the  truth  and  do  right  than  gain  a 
dozen  prizes."     Noble  Willie! 

9.  Throughout  life  he  acted  upon  that 
rule,  and  was  loved  and  respected  by 
every  one. 

14 


LANOUAGE  LESSON. 

Copy   the  sentences    and  place   the  proper  word  in 
each  Uan'k. 

saw  seen  did  done 

1.  I   him    when    he    it. 

Have  you  the  work? 

g'one  went 

2.  They  had Avhen  we  got  there. 

came  come 

3.  Our  little  friends  yesterday. 

Charming  spring  has  again. 

lie  lay 

4.  Most  animals  down  to  sleep. 


140  SECOND    EEADEK. 

10.  The  robin  trusts  Edith  so  much 
that  it  will  peck  at  the  window  for  food, 
or  hop  on  her  shoulder,  or  pick  the 
crumbs  out  of  her  hand. 

Dictation.     Dictate   the  last  paragraph  for  writing; 
let  pupils  exchange  slates  and  correct  errors. 

12 


LANGUAGE  LESSQX. 
Arrange  the  tvords  below  so  as   to  make  a  sentence 
from  each  set,  and  copy  on  the  slate. 

1.  mend,  is,  late,  too,  to,  never.  It. 

2.  worth,  well,  What,  is,  doing,  worth, 

doing,  is. 

3.  feather,  of.  Birds,  a,  together,  flock. 

4.  had.  Who,  best,  to-day,  lesson,  the. 

5.  bed,  to,  Early,  rise,  makes,  healthy, 

and,    to,    will,    a,   wealthy,   wise, 
boy,  and,  early,  and. 


IX.     PHONIC 

The  teacher  should  call  the 
the  position  of  the  organs  of 
difficult  sounds. 

DRILL. 

)  attention  of  pupils  to 
speech  in  making  these 

w 

y 

W-i-n 
w-i-t 

w-e-t 
w-a-ke 

y-e-t 

y-e-s 

y-e-ll 

y-Q-11 

SECOND    READER.  137 

Sharply  bitten  by  old  Jack  Frost, 
His  curly  hair  by  the  rude  wind  tossed, 
Armed  with  his  shovel,  goes  Ned  Magee; 
In  search  of  some  work,  of  course,  is  he. 

2.  Brave  httle  chap !   't  is  little  he  cares 
For   old   Jack   Frost;    and  the   storm  he 

dares. 
With  a  merry  face  and  a  merry  song, 
As  through  the  snow  he  paddles  along — 
This    blue-eyed    lad  —  o'er    the    slippery 

street. 
Hoping  the  chance  of  a  job  to  meet. 

3.  Give  him  a  dime  and  see  him  work: 
Ned  is  not  a  bit  of  a  shirk; 

In  goes  his  shovel  with  might  and  main. 
Making  the  snow  fly  off  like  rain, — 
Here,  there,  and  everywhere,  in  a  trice. 
Till  your  walk  is  made  all  clean  and  nice. 

4.  Then,  cheeks  as  red  as  the  reddest  rose. 
Shouldering  his  shovel,  off  he  goes; 
Merrily  whistling  on  his  way. 

His  boyish  heart  so  happy  and  gay. 
That  neither  for  wdnd  nor  frost  cares  he. 
This  httle  snow-shoveler,  Ned  Magee. 

MARY  D,   BRINE. 


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SECOND    READEK. 


TABLE    OF   ELEMENTARY    SOUNDS. 
/.      TABLE    OF    VOCALS. 


a. 

a-le, 

a-im 

I 

i-n, 

p-i-ii 

a 

a-rm, 

a-rt 

0 

n-o, 

o-ld 

a 

a-U, 

1-aw 

0 

n-o-t, 

o-n 

a 

a-t, 

a-nd 

0 

m-o-ve, 

m-oo-ii 

a 

■c-a-re, 

a-ir 

Vl 

■Q-se, 

m-il-te 

a 

a-sk, 

t-a-sk 

U 

ii-p, 

t-ii-b 

e 

m-e, 

ea-t 

u 

u-r-ge, 

b-ii-rn 

e 

e-nd, 

m-e-t 

u 

f-u-11, 

p-u-U 

e 

h-e-r, 

ea-rn 

oi 

oi-1, 

b-oy 

i 

i-ce, 

m-i-ne 

ou 

ou-t, 

n-ow 

II 

TABLE    1 

JF   SVBYOCALS. 

b 

b-id, 

ro-b 

V 

r-a-re. 

o-r 

d 

d-i-d, 

d-ea-d 

th 

tii-y, 

ih-at 

g 

g-o, 

do-g 

V 

Y-ine, 

v-ase 

D 

j-oy, 

a-ge 

w 

w-e, 

w-ell 

1 

1-et, 

oi-1 

y 

y-es, 

y-et 

m 

m-y, 

ho-me 

z 

z-one, 

i-§ 

n  , 

n-o, 

o-n 

zh 

a-z-Tire 

IIL 

TABLE 

OF   ASPIRATES. 

f 

f-ace, 

O-ff 

t 

t-o, 

a-t 

h 

h-at, 

li-i§ 

tb 

tb-ick, 

tb-in 

k 

k-ite, 

boo-k 

sh 

sb-ip, 

wi-sb 

P 

p-i-pe, 

to-p 

cb 

cb-air, 

lun-cb 

s  • 

s-un, 

tbi-s 

wb 

wb-y, 

— :. 

wb-en 

rfcin7 

655 

iea3 


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